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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Saturday said that revenue collection has increased by 21 percent (Afs 20.7 billion) this year. The Minister of Finance, Eklil Hakimi, told newsmen that the revenue stood at Afs120.75 billion this solar year (March 21, 2015-2016), however, the figure was Afs100.05 …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces have accelerated the pace of military operation against the Taliban insurgents in Sangin district of southern Helmand province, said Ministry of Interior (MoI). Spokesman for the ministry Seddiq Seddiqi said on Saturday that clashes between militants and government forces were underway in Sangin district. He said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least seven Taliban militants were killed and 11 others injured during a gunfight with the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in southeastern Paktika province, said officials on Saturday. The provincial deputy police chief, Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the clashes erupted in …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Russia by supporting the Taliban militants was trying to prevent the Islamic State (IS) fighters from entering Central Asia, said a military analyst. Jawed Kohistani in an interview with Afghanistan Times warned that Russia’s support for the Taliban militants would complicate war in Afghanistan. A Russian …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif to visit Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with the Afghan officials and military personnel, said a Pakistani military spokesman for media wing Asim Saleem Bajwa on Friday. According to the Pakistani military spokesman, the Army Chief of Pakistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban militants supposedly manage its war against the security forces from two districts of the northern Kunduz province, said officials on Friday. The chief of Imam Sahib district, Imamuddin Qurashi, said that the Taliban insurgents are now controlling its war from Dashti-e-Archi and Imam Sahib districts. He …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 43 passengers were killed and three others wounded in a traffic accident in northern Samangan province, said official sources. Samangan police spokesman, Abdul Monir Rahimi, said the other day that the passenger bus was traveling from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, when it collided with a truck …

AT-KABUL: Indian Premier Narendra Modi called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Frieday and discussed issues of mutual interest. Karzai’s office in a media statement said that the former president termed relations between the two countries as ancient and time-tested. He appreciated India for the support that she had provided …

“Those who are fighting in Afghanistan are not Afghans. There is no good and bad terrorism,” says President Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Assuring Kabul of full support, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that on every step of journey, India would be with Afghanistan. Modi and President Muhammad …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-constructed building for Afghan parliament — a democratic gift from New Delhi — in Kabul on Friday. During his address to the parliament, Modi voiced his happiness over the name of the building — Atal Block. “We could …