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AT-KABUL: China’s envoy Liu Jinsong has unveiled Chinese government’s plan to provide support to eastern Nangarhar province in the spheres of reconstruction, agriculture, trade and mines. In a meeting on Sunday with Nangarhar governor Hayatullah Hayat at the Chinese Embassy in Kabul, Jinsong promised that Nangarhar’s pine nuts will be …
Read More »Missile attack disrupts security meeting in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: A missile landed near provincial governor’s compound and disrupted a meeting of high security officials in southern Ghazni province on Sunday. Some media outlets reported that a high-ranking meeting of security officials in the provincial governor’s compound was disrupted after a rocked hit near the area. The meeting was …
Read More »Cynicism over election transparency deeps
AT-KABUL: The Coalition for the Rescue of Afghanistan, a newly formed alliance consisted of three major political parties, threatened that it would form an interim government if President Ashraf Ghani’s administration fails to hold a transparent legislative election slated to be held in October. The coalition was formed by Hezb-e-Wahdat …
Read More »Around 400,000 refugees returned home in 2018
AT-KABUL: Around 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned to the war-torn country over the past six months, Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday. Some 377,358 Afghan refugees returned home from Pakistan and Iran in 2018, said a press statement issued by MoRR. Returnees entered Afghanistan through Spin Boldak, …
Read More »US service member killed in ‘insider attack’
A US service member has been killed and two others injured in what appears to be an insider attack in Afghanistan, Nato says. The attack took place in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement from the Nato-led Resolute Support mission said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the …
Read More »Five members of Khost family killed in airstrike
AT-KABUL: Civilians have been the worst victim of ongoing war in the past years and it’s looming as on Sunday five members of a single family were killed in an operation conducted by Afghan Special Forces in southeastern Khost province, official said. The Special Forces raided a civilian house in …
Read More »Black Hawk helicopters on air to hound militants
AT-KABUL: The 215th Maiwand Corps of the Afghan military has taken delivery of its three Black Hawk helicopters as part of a planned to boost up capabilities of the security forces. It has been reported that US plans to supply a total of 159 Black Hawks to Afghanistan in the …
Read More »121 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 121 militants have been killed and 70 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD), said the Afghan National …
Read More »Afghanistan is a victim of global climate change
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A two-day workshop to raise awareness of climate change was launched Sunday in Kabul by a network supporting climate to include a debate on climate change as national priorities. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency who have participated in the workshop say that Afghanistan is a victim …
Read More »Pro-Qaisari protesters run riot, block major highway
AT News Report-KABUL: Protestors, demanding the release of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum’s aide Nizamuddin Qaisari, on Saturday blocked the Kabul-Balkh highway in northern Samangan province. Last week, the army commandos in Maimana arrested Nizamuddin Qaisari who is a top commander of Vice-President Dostum in Faryab and transferred him to Kabul. …
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