July, 2016

• 24 July

  Editorial: Regional stability

  

  Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Natalya Drozd, and Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed on improving security situation in Afghanistan in their recent meeting. Both agreed that there was need for consolidation of efforts to strengthen stability in the region which is facing severe security challenges. They also discussed …

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• 24 July

  Taliban commanders arrested in Samangan

  

  AT-KABUL: Three commanders for the Taliban insurgents were arrested in joint military operation conducted by the national security forces in Samangan province, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Interior in statement said that the national police, national army and the National Directorate of Security lunched joint clearing operation in the …

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• 24 July

  Karzai condemns deadly Kabul bombing

  

  AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Saturday’s “coward terrorist attack” on the Enlightening Movement protest in which dozens of people were killed and wounded. “Targeting civil movements which is the right of everyone, is an act against humanity and also against Islamic teachings,” Karzai said. He called the attack …

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• 24 July

  ‘Afghan Air Force capabilities to improve’

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In a ceremony to assume command, the new commander of the 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron Lt. Col. Michael Hreczkosij said that they are looking forward to assist with the development of new techniques and capabilities of the Afghan Air Force with the C-130 and C-208 aircraft. …

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• 24 July

  Nine killed in Parwan funeral

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least nine people were killed and several other received injuries after clashes erupted during Taliban leader Mullah Shakoor’s funeral ceremony in northern Parwan province, provincial source said. The Taliban commander was reportedly killed in a mine explosion last week. He was recently appointed as the Taliban’s …

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• 24 July

  78 insurgents killed in operations

  

  AT-KABUL: Seventy-eight Taliban fighters were killed and 6 2others were wounded in different operations within past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. In a press release, Ministry of Defense said that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National Directorate of Security conducted joint operations against …

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• 24 July

  80 killed, 231 injured in blast targeting protesters

  

  Govt declares Sunday as National Day of Mourning; World leaders condemn Kabul attack By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a televised statement, declared today as National Mourning for Saturday’s suicide attack in which80 protestors killed and 231 others were wounded, after a suicide bomber targeted demonstration Saturday in capital …

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• 22 July

  Editorial: Management meeting

  

  Afghanistan and Pakistan are to hold the first ever meeting to talk how to manage the ‘border’. The meeting which is reportedly be held on Tuesday, July 26 in Kabul is going to be led by the foreign ministries of the two countries with the presence of the two security …

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• 22 July

  Roadside explosion leaves two dead in Faryab

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least two civilians were killed and four others received injuries on Friday morning after a roadside bomb went off in Faryab province, officials said. The bomb went off in front of a shop in Chaghatak village of Almar district of the province, a provincial public uprising …

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• 22 July

  Kabul, Islamabad to discuss Durand Line management on Tuesday

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan and Pakistani officials to hold first meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on the Durand Line management and security-related issues in Kabul on July 26 (Tuesday), Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a media statement. Pakistan delegation to this meeting will be led by Director General …

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