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AT-KABUL: At least seven policemen and three civilians were killed and 11 people were injured in a coordinated attack by armed bombers in eastern Nangarhar province of the country, official sources told Afghanistan Times. In first a suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle at 8:50 near to Pakistani consulate in …

Media misquoted police chief, says provincial police spokesman  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An Afghan security official blamed Pakistan’s military for having hand in last week’s Indian consulate attack in Mazar-e-Sharif, TOLONews reported Tuesday. Balkh Police Chief, Sayed Kamal Sadat termed Pakistani military behind the attack that lasted 25 hours. “Assailants were …

AT-KABUL: Three Afghan women and one child have been died after their boat heading towards Greece sank in the Aegean Sea, Turkish news agency reported Tuesday. “Turkish coast guards on Monday rescued eight others, including a child,” said the Anadulo news agency, without identifying them. The boat sank 200 meters …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan expects a sensible change in the peace process within two months from the beginning of the four-nation talks, deputy foreign minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai said Tuesday. Karzai said that “peace is a long process, but Afghanistan believes that we have opportunities in January and February and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Lower House of Parliament disclosed 23 logistic companies that they claim misuse tax exemption agreement in oil importing. Naeem Lalai Hamidzai, member of parliament, told newsmen that 23 NATO and US contractors were found guilty in this regard in the northern border ports. Based on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A Canadian tourist has been freed after remaining in the Taliban’s captivity for more than five years in southern Afghanistan, said officials in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion on Monday said that Rutherford, the Canadian citizen, was freed with Qatar’s help. “I extend my …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Some 12 Taliban insurgents have renounced violence and joined the peace drive in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official on Tuesday. The provincial governor Salim Khan Kunduzi told Pajhwok Afghan News that a group of 12 Taliban militants who were involved in various terrorist activities on the …

MD Helicopters has received a firm order for 12 additional MD530F Cayuse Warrior armed scout helicopters for Afghanistan. The deal was contracted via the US Army’s Non-Standard Rotary Wing, says MD Helicopters in a statement. The US company says all 12 aircraft will be delivered in-theatre in less than 12 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology’s spokesman Yasin Samim said that Kabul would buy internet services from Iran as it’s cheap and reliable. “Kabul and Tehran signed a contract according to which Afghanistan would pay $105,000 for each 10 Gigabyte to Iran for internet services,” Samim told …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 58,212 registered Afghan refugees have repatriated to Afghanistan from Pakistan during the last year, 2015. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), these refugees were sent back to their country from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, Punjab, Islamabad and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Associated Press …