Bomb blast kills four children in Herat

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four children have been killed and four other received injuries after a bomb exploded inside a house in the outskirts of the capital of western Herat province, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place inside the …

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Int’l community urged to resolve Durand Line issue

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of civil activists and political figures in a large gathering organized by Loya Afghanistan Movement in Kabul urged the international community to resolve the Durand Line issue. They also emphasized that Afghan people should solve the problem of the de-facto border by forging unity between …

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UNAMA condemns attack on civilians in Balkh province

KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemned last night’s attack against civilian residents of the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Shortly before midnight on 10 November, a vehicle laden with heavy explosives detonated in the vicinity of the German Consulate in Mazar, killing four civilians and injuring 128, including 19 …

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5 killed, 120 wounded in Taliban truck bomb on German consulate in northern Afghanistan

AT-KABUL: A powerful Taliban truck bomb targeted the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province late on Thursday night, killing at least five people and wounding more than 120, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The attack which the Taliban called it a “revenge” for US air strikes in the volatile …

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Committee shortlists 21 nominees for IEC, 15 for IECC

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Selection Committee of Election Commissioners on Thursday said that after reviewing 722 applications it has shortlisted 36 candidates for the positions of electoral commissioners. The list has been submitted to President Ashraf Ghani who will finalize names of those fit for the positions. Out of over …

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Editorial: Persisted bloodshed

It seems that the Taliban want to be responsible for more civilian killings on the Day of Judgment before the almighty God, as the group is urging the continuation of war. Improvised explosive devises (IED) planted by the insurgents are killing scores of innocent women, children and men on weekly …

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President Ghani, CEO Abdullah congratulate Trump

Taliban ask US president-elect to change polices, pullout troops from Afghanistan By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Donald J. Trump was elected the United States’ 45th president in an astonishing victory for a celebrity, businessmen and political novice who capitalized on voter’s economic anxieties. Projections early on Wednesday showed that Trump clinched victory …

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Editorial: US and Afghan war

Afghan war has not been outlined as core issue by the two US presidential candidates—Republican Party nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Party nominee Hillary Clinton. Business tycoon Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States who will take office next year. The win comes as a surprise for many …

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Cop in Uruzgan held for alleged links with Taliban

AT-KABUL: The counter-terrorism unit has arrested a policeman on the charges of helping the Taliban insurgents in central Uruzgan province, Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday. The ministry in a media statement issued here said that the cop was held for supporting Taliban insurgents to capture police checkpoints and seize …

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Karzai felicitates Trump, expects elimination of terrorists’ sanctuaries

AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai felicitated Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America. “With respect to the will of the people of the US for change in political arena, the Afghan masses expected factual changes in the fight against terrorism in accordance with …

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