AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday strongly condemned Pakistani army airstrikes against Afghan soil in eastern Afghanistan and warned that such violations could damage relations between the two countries. “Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemns Pakistani army’s airstrikes on Dangam district of Kunar province,” Karzai’s media office …
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AT-KABUL: Afghan army targeted a group of Daesh fighters in eastern Nangarhar province of the country and killed five of its fighters, the military’s press office in eastern Afghanistan said on Friday. The operation was carried out last night in Achin district of the province, the press office for Selab …
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Afghanistan, powered by Mohammad Nabi (4/20) and Mohammad Shahzad (41) romped to a six-wicket win over Hong Kong in the World T20 qualifier game on Thursday. The Asian minnows and Zimbabwe will now fight for a place in the Super 10 on Saturday. Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will compete for a …
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PENTAGON— The Taliban is fracturing in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a known Taliban stronghold, a U.S. general in Kabul said Thursday. General Wilson Shoffner told reporters via telephone that the U.S. is seeing an “emergence of three separate Taliban groups” in northern Helmand, and that all three factions are largely not loyal …
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After our National Cricket Team defeated Scotland in the Twenty-20 World Cup match in India, many cricket fans in Nangarhar and Khost resorted to aerial firing. The victory was supposed to bring happiness but the wild fans changed the whole concept that day as two children were killed. The families …
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Following a string of bloody assaults by terror groups, India recently carried out a thorough review of security prepardness at all its missions in Afghanistan. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh, while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said inspection teams headed by senior security experts …
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AT-KABUL: The number of casualties from the infighting between the two rival factions of Taliban in western Herat province jumped to 200 on Thursday. The clash is still continued, official sources said. “On the fourth day, since the fighting erupted on Monday, the number of killed and injured Taliban fighters …
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Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Thursday claimed to have arrested 14 members of the Afghan Taliban during a raid at Quetta’s Pashtoonabad area. The militants were picked up from a compound located by security forces, a senior official who declined to be named as he was not authorised to speak …
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AT-KABUL: Taliban attack on Greshk district headquarters in Helmand province ended on Friday after all 11 attackers were killed by Afghan security forces, official sources told Afghanistan Times. Ten Taliban bombers, possessing huge cache of weapons and ammunition, on Wednesday morning tried to enter into the government buildings in Greshk …
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AT-KABUL: Public Health Ministry is concerned of the low number of female health workers while they are more needed. “Women made significant contribution to the strategies and plans in the ministry and in the delivery of health services,” health minister Ferozuddin Feroz said Wednesday. He emphasized the need for recruitment …
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