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An Afghan refugee died Thursday after being found in a remote region of eastern Turkey, hospital sources said. The man, identified as Mohammed Qasim, died in hospital in Erzurum after being found close to death by security forces in the province of Van, where temperatures regularly fall to around minus …

KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said their mission in Afghanistan was aimed at denying safe haven to international terrorists. Launching his annual report for 2015 in Brussels, the NATO chief said they would continue to train, advise and assist the Afghan army and police. He said the …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) on Thursday said that it would appoint new governors and mayors by the end of current solar year, which will end on March 20, to replace all remaining caretakers. Spokesperson for the IDLG, Munira Yousuf Zada, told reporters that …

AT-KABUL: As many as 28 Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, said a statement. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of …

AT-KABUL: At least four employees of the Demining Agency For Afghanistan (DAFA) were killed and one other injured when militants attacked them on Wednesday in Nahr-e-Siraj district of the southern Helmand province, a provincial official said. “The de-miners were attacked while they were conducting their normal mine clearance activities,” Omar …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday reported of the seizure of a Taliban ammunition cache in the central Wardak province, saying it was confiscated. The NDS said in a statement that its operatives managed to discover and seize the ammunition cache “belonging to the Taliban insurgents” in …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The government and the United Nations Humanitarian Community in Afghanistan seek an appeal of $393 million to assist needy and vulnerable people across the country in 2016. “The government and the UN humanitarian community made humanitarian response plan for 2016 to assist 3.5 million vulnerable people across …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: A new global study by Transparency International has given Afghanistan third position for in 2015. The Kabul-based Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), local partner for the organization, said Wednesday that Afghanistan scored just 11 points out of 100 and reached to rank 166 out of 168 countries …

AT-KABUL: At least 42 Taliban militants have been killed and 32 injured in a series of operations launched by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in different provinces, security officials said Wednesday. “Afghan National Army (ANA), the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Afghan National Police (ANP) launched joint operations …

AT-KABUL: At least seven members of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group and three Taliban militants were detained by the security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial police Chief Fazl Ahmad Sherzad said: “We arrested the militants in Kot and Haska Mina districts along with their …