By Farhad Naibkhel-KBAUL: Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament on Monday summoned ministers of defense and interior as well as director of the national directorate of security to brief regarding attack on military hospital in Kabul and ramp up security across the country. Though, security officials failed to satisfy parliamentarians …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others sustained heavy injuries in an air raid carried out by Afghan forces in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, spokesman for 215th Maiwand military corps, …
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Afghanistan is the polio endemic country along with Pakistan in the region. Though significant progress had been made to control the transmission, but this year two polio cases have been registered. Polio positive recorded in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The primary challenge remains the inability to maintain high oral polio …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday started the spring round of National Immunization Days (NIDs) to eradicate polio in the country. This campaign will be continued in cooperation with World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF from 27-31 March, which through more than 8.8 million children under the …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A large number of Afghan nationals based in Europe, staged a peaceful demonstration in front of European Parliament building in Brussels against the violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty by shelling of Pakistan’s rockets into the eastern Nangarhar and provinces. Shan Pacha Shinwari, leading the protest, told Pajhwok Afghan …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: General John Nicholson, US top commander in Afghanistan has requested for more troops to prevent the country from becoming a safe hideout for the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group. He said that the US and Europe need to send 5,000 more …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two policemen and two civilians have been killed in a clash with insurgents in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. The clash was erupted when militants attacked a police check-post in Hadda area of Najmuddin square on Saturday evening at around 7:00PM, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Flash floods destroyed several villages and swept away standing crops in the Chakhansur district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Fazli, the town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanha village was completely destroyed while another 50 villages were badly affected by …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An opposition party senator in Pakistan has stressed on the federal government to publicize the report to clarify confusions regarding the presence of the slain al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad. Bin Laden was killed in a May, 2011 assault launched by …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KBAUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday expressed deepest concerns over the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) regarding corruption in security organs. They urged the government to seriously probe the report and take measures to address the issue. Head of the …
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