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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan since June 18 has sent 198 tons of fresh and dried fruit to India through the Afghan-India Air Corridor Program, the Office of the Senior Advisor to the President on Banking and Finance said in a statement on Saturday. The latest flight carrying at least 40 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In two separate airstrikes and a clash, at least twenty Taliban insurgents have been killed in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. Fourteen Taliban were killed in overnight airstrike in the Bata Khelo area of Nawbahar district on Friday evening, Gen. Sidiqullah Saber, commander of …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized that the US new strategy for Afghanistan had nothing, but the continuation of war and bloodshed. “The US with its new strategy wants to use Afghanistan as a jumping board, which has no message for Afghans, except the continuation of war,” Karzai said, speaking …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorists have killed at least 15 Taliban insurgents in north-western Jawzjan province, security officials said on Wednesday. Taliban insurgents targeted after two Daesh fighters in an unparalleled act of disguising in women Burqa, opened fire and …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces have targeted a big gathering of the Taliban insurgents in western Herat province before they could attack government controlled areas in a big offensives, in which Taliban fighters were invited from neighboring provinces as well, officials said Wednesday. Around 200 to 300 Taliban fighters, most of …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 militants were killed and 18 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security …

AT-KABUL: The International Accountant Day was marked for the first time in Kabul, finance ministry said Wednesday. Khalid Payenda, deputy finance minister said: “Accounting is the language of business and the trade and investment would be difficult if it is not improved. The standard accounting eases the auditing process. CPA …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani met Indian external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj in his residence in New Delhi, discussing the US new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia and the region’s conditions after the after the declaration of the strategy, president’s office said Tuesday. Ghani left Monday for New Delhi for …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that several villages were cleared from Taliban militants during Afghan forces operations in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province. “Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and NDS forces carried out a joint clearance operation to clear some of the areas …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, in which he met with Indian President, Ram Nath Kovind at Presidential Palace of India. Initiatives to bring peace in Afghanistan should be led and controlled by Afghans, President Ram Nath Kovind said while welcoming his counterpart from the neighbouring …