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Taliban take control of Omna district

AT-KABUL: After five days of continued fighting, Omna district of southeastern Paktika province has fallen to the Taliban, local officials said on Sunday. A security officials who wish to remain anonymous said that the district had been under siege for the past five days, and were collapsed on Saturday night. …

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36 killed, 26 injured in southern highway accident in Zabul

AT-KABUL: A passenger bus struck with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province Sunday morning in which at least 36 passengers died and 26 more were injured, an official said. The deadly accident took place when a passenger bus struck with a fuel tanker in Shahrisafa district of Zabul …

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President’s visit to Bamyan prompts protest

Security personnel beat journalists; same projects inaugurated for second time By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, reached on Monday in central Bamyan province and inaugurated the provincial airport and the Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highway. However, his arrival prompted protests in the city. According to the local officials …

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A child, woman among three killed in Ghor

AT-KABUL: At least three civilians were killed and eight others received injuries after their vehicle struck with a roadside bomb in the capital of western Ghor province, provincial official said on Monday. The Police Crime Branch Chief, Abdul Hadi Chehel Ghori told Pajhwok Afghan News the overnight explosion happened when …

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“43 insurgents killed, five heroin factories destroyed”

AT-KABUL: Forty-three Taliban insurgents including five suicide bombers were killed, and fifteen others wounded in different operations lunched by security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said on Monday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army in …

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Pak-backed terrorist arrested in Laghman: MoI

AT-KABUL: A terrorist linked with the Pakistan’s military was arrested by Afghan forces as he was attempting to flee to Pakistan in eastern Laghman province, Ministry of Interior said Tuesday. It added that the terrorist was arrested by the counter-terrorism operatives after sustaining injuries during a gun battle in Alingar …

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Woman burnt to death in Jalalabad

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A woman was found burnt to death inside her home in the Ekmalatil locality of Beshod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani identified the deceased as Shiba, saying that motivation behind her killing was yet to clear. However, …

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Rocket hits Afghan Independence Day celebration in Kunar, 2 killed, 49 injured

AT-Kabul: A rocket, fired by militants, hit on Thursday a gathering of people celebrating Independence Day in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province in which at least two people were killed and nearly 50 injured, officials said. At least three mortars were fired by Taliban from the hilltops around the Asadabad city, …

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Militants flushed out, all roads reopened in Jawzjan: Official

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Despite fierce fighting in other parts of the country, official in northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday said that security situation in eight districts of the province is under control and all highways are open for the public. Speaking to residents on his administration’s six-month performance, provincial governor …

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Two killed, 13 hurt in Balkh blast

AT-KABUL: At least two civilian were killed and 13 others wounded after explosive devices went off at a Mazar-e-Sharif’s busy area of the northern Balkh province on Tuesday afternoon, provincial officials said. The incident took place in the Police District 2 at around 12:50pm,” provincial spokesman Sher Jan Dorrani said, …

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