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AT-KABUL: At least sixty-nine insurgents were killed in different crackdowns carried by the Afghan security forces in the country within past 24 hours, a media statement said on Friday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense said that the operation was conducted in different areas of Nangarhar, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior US military general, Joseph Dunford Jr., told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington that Afghan security forces control 70 percent territory. Dunford, who is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee that Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) suffered more casualties than …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The long-awaited peace agreement was signed on Thursday here between Afghan government and Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), the largest militant group after Taliban. The peace agreement with HIA, led by Gulbadin Hekmatyar, was finalized after nearly two years of formal and non-formal negotiations. The peace draft contains three …

AT-KABUL: After months of negotiations finally Afghan government today signed the long-awaited peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by former Jihadi leader, Gulbadin Hekmatyar in Kabul. The agreement which was signed by National Security Advisor, Hanif Atmar and Karim Amin, delegation head of HIA will be presented to president, …

US Secretary of State John Kerry had said late last month during his visit to New Delhi that Washington would launch trilateral talks, which had stopped in 2013, with New Delhi and Kabul. India, the US and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Tribal elders and political leaders of Afghanistan’s Turk ethnicity say they would not support the National Unity Government anymore, calling on the government to convene Traditional Loya Jirga to solve the current political problems. Former minister of mines and the leader of Turk ethnicity Wahidullah Shahrani said …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that two terrorists having links with the Haqqani terrorist network were arrested in the eastern Khost province. In a press statement, the NDS said that arrested two terrorists (suicide bomber and organizer) while they planning to carry out suicide attack …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Awami National Party (ANP), led by a Pashtun-nationalist politician Asfandyar Wali Khan, has called for an immediate end to the harassment of Afghan refugees in different parts of Pakistan. At a meeting of ANP’s Central General Council, chaired by Asfandyar Wali Khan, the party leader stressed the …

AT-KABUL: At least 86 Taliban insurgents were killed and four others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Wednesday. “The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security operatives, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Women Network said it has drafted the women’s demands to present in the Brussels conference to seek support for their rights. “As we are at the eve of the Brussels conference, we collected women’s demands from 21 provinces there,” head of the network Hasina Safi said …