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AT-KABUL: Five passengers died and three wounded after a Toyota car collided with a fuel tanker in the southeastern province of Ghazni, local officials said Sunday. Provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi, said that the accident took place on Ghazni-Kandahar highway in Qarabagh district early morning. He said vehicle collided with a …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Sunday that its operatives arrested at least four members of Jundallah terrorist group, also known as people’s resistance movement of Iranian armed opposition in an operation in the Northern Province of Takhar. “The operation was carried out in the Dasht-e-Qala district as …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Rescue National Movement (ARNM), a civil structure on Sunday criticized the government leaders and security officials for being inefficient, saying it as main factor behind fall of districts and check posts to Taliban across the country. “Critical state of affairs, fall of districts and checkpoints …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifty soldiers were killed and several others went missing over the past two weeks in the ongoing conflict in the southern Helmand province, local officials said Sunday. The provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat said the initial investigations indicate that at least 50 soldiers died in the line of …

AT-KABUL:  The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in an operation freed 50 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Geru district, local officials said. Provincial police chief, Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, confirmed the rescue, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Saturday called the ongoing year as the most challenged for the organization as one million people were displaced due to conflicts across the country. “These people fled their houses in the provinces of Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan and Paktia,” said acting head …

ANP asks KP govt to follow centuries-old code of Pashtunvali, see refugees as guests By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: A Pakistani politician and a prominent Pashtun leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that his country was passing through a critical time in its history as the country faced with what he called …

AT-KABUL: Afghan forces have successfully cleared the Bagh-e-Pul district of the western province of Farah from Taliban insurgents and destroyed their main hideouts, security officials said Saturday. Provincial police chief, Mohammad Ghaws Malyar, said that clashes are underway in different area of Barangtot, Deh Yak and Shor Abad in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials on Saturday said reinforcements had arrived in Tirinkot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province after the reopening of the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway. Tirinkot city has been under attack from Taliban militants, who have captured some areas from Afghan forces in the past one month. An official …

Pakistan is not learning from the mistakes that she has committed since inception in 1947. The absolute power had made the powerful military establishment of the country corrupt. Military in Pakistan is controlling the foreign and internal policies of the country. Ministry of Finance is also under its tight control. …