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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that two would-be suicide bombers were killed in Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives killed two terrorists who planned to carry out suicide attacks in front of the police training center in the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In a bid to provide humanitarian assistance to residents of Kunduz city, private sector urged the United Nations to demand warring parties to declare a ceasefire. Traders from across the country said that they stand ready to provide aid to residents of Kunduz city, which witnessed unprecedented …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Sunday assured of full preparation to keep all roads, including Salang Highway open for traffic during winter season. Talking in a one-day coordination winter cooperation session held here in Kabul, Minister of Public Works Mahmoud Baligh said that he would utilize 106 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 20 Daesh fighters were killed in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghan interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said that the operation was carried out in Abdulkhil area of Achin district on Saturday night in which at least 20 fighters of the …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-It has not been a long time that social media’s popularity graph gone upward. Social media has become popular in Afghanistan in the last five years. The number of social media users has reach to 1.3 million. The figure tells the fact that number of social media …

KABUL: At least nine health-workers were killed and 37 others wounded after the US fighter jets bombed the Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) hospital in Kunduz province on Saturday. In a media statement issued here, the MSF said that on Saturday at 2:10 am, the MSF Trauma centre in Kunduz was …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that last week was a deadly week for Taliban insurgents in Kunduz. It added that Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have inflected heavy casualties on the Taliban militants. Spokesman for the MoI, Siddiq Siddiqi, told reporters that at least 300 Taliban insurgents have …

The medical charity MSF says at least three of its staff were killed in the Afghan city of Kunduz after a clinic was hit by an air strike on Saturday. US forces were carrying out air strikes at the time. The Nato alliance has admitted the clinic may have been …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai called on people to help the residents of Kunduz city that fell to the Taliban and witnessed unprecedented humanitarian challenges unleashed by the barbaric militants. The government lost control of Kunduz city last week. Kunduz was the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in …

“Scholars from across the region and the world came together and talked contemporary challenges including women’s issues and terrorism, in western Herat province” AT-KABUL: The former National Security Advisor, Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, said that no terrorist group can stay active without having a geographical and logistical backup. He added that …