“Access too many of the quake-affected areas remains the most significant disaster response challenge” AT-KABUL: Death toll from the Monday’s powerful earthquake mounted as the Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs said Saturday that the toll have climbed to 118. The Minister for Disaster Management Affairs, Wais Barmak told Afghanistan Times …
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AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have been blocked roads leading to at least six districts of eastern Paktia province, creating problems to the residents, officials said on Saturday. The police chief of Paktia, Zalmay Oryakhel said that security forces have launched an operation to open the roads and push the militants back …
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AT-KABUL: At least five worshipers have been killed and four others were injured after a rocket fired by Daesh insurgents hit a mosque in Achin district of Nangarhar province, official said on Saturday. The governor of Achin district, Haji Ghalib said the assault took place in Pandola area on Friday …
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AT-KABUL: At least 54 Taliban militants have been killed and 35 others wounded in nationwide military offensives conducted by Afghan security forces over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a press release issued on Saturday said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National …
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By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: For the first time an adult cardiac surgery center was inaugurated at French Medicine Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul on Saturday. Speaking at the ceremony, French ambassador to Afghanistan, Jean Michel Marlaud, termed that investment in such centers as need of the hour. He said that …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 30 Taliban militants have been killed during a military operation of Afghan security forces in Khwaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province. This comes at a time that the Taliban militants captured Darqad district of the province recently. Darqad was the first district of the …
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KABUL: Earthquake survivors in Afghanistan emerged from a third night without shelter on Thursday, as village leaders warned they had nothing to protect children from the freezing conditions while rescuers struggle to reach isolated communities. Desperate victims appealed for blankets, warm clothes and food after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude quake ripped …
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The Afghan National Cricket Team returned home on Friday after making two big records in the cricket history during their victorious tour to Zimbabwe. Dozens of citizens cheered and danced while welcoming the national team at the Hamid Karzai International Airport of Kabul. Afghanistan for the first time won a …
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By Neelapu Shanti-New Delhi: Many Afghan women migrants in India have learned embroidery skills to earn livelihood for their families. An NGO named ‘Access’ helps to train these women and provide them employment. The NGO is also partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “We have started …
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Casualties were feared on Friday when a car bomb went off in front of a security post in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said. The blast took place shortly after 3pm in Sah Anzeer area which serves as the frontline in an ongoing conflict between security …
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