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KABUL: A think-tank said Monday that Afghanistan water resources can be great equipment in the foreign politics, asking the government to manage the resources. “Water diplomacy is very effective in the foreign policy. Unfortunately, our officials are unacquainted with this efficient policy,” said a natural resources and political expert Dr. Latif Nazari. He said that industrial countries use industries and ...

KABUL: The Kabul municipality on Monday signed four contracts for several major projects including a high-speed transport system and ground water management with an Arab company. Acting mayor Prof. Abdullah Habibzai signed the contracts with Dr. Ramzan Harb, deputy director of Khatib & Alami Company in the presence of President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace. Abdul Qadir Arzo, the ...

The top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said roughly 70 per cent of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group loyalists fighting in Afghanistan are the members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Briefing the Washington-based journalists earlier this week, Gen. Nicholson, said “In the case of Islamic State Khorasan province, the majority of the members are ...

KABUL: The Office of the National Security Adviser of Afghanistan has said Russia is considering a request by the government of Afghanistan to equip the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). NSC spokesman Tawab Ghorzang said Afghanistan and Russia are on the same page to increase the capabilities of the Afghan forces who are on the front line fighting ...

KABUL: The security forces retook the control of Khanshin district of southern Helmand province during an operation, security officials said Sunday. “Taliban were pushed back from Khanshin district and most of the areas in the district were recaptured by security forces,” provincial spokesman Torialai Hemmat said. He said 20 Taliban were killed and 15 wounded through airstrike and ground raids ...

PAKISTAN:  Twin blasts targeting a Rangers vehicle in Larkana on Saturday were claimed by the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) in pamphlets found by police at the scene, a police source said on Sunday. The explosions which took place near a Rangers kiosk on Mirokhan Road killed a soldier and injured 15 other people, including five Rangers personnel. The pamphlet says the ...

KABUL: A coordinated attack followed by a massive explosion has ended with the elimination of all three terrorists, the security officials confirmed. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, confirmed that three terrorists involved in the attack on Northgate in Kabul have been gunned down. He said the police forces have started assessing the casualties. In the meantime Kabul ...

PAKISTAN: At least 13 employees of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been arrested in connection with a failed bid of smuggling 6kg of heroin to Dubai from Lahore. “Some PIA employees have been taken into custody in connection with the heroin smuggling to Dubai. If found guilty, strict action will be taken against them,” PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani told ...

KABUL: Tribal elders have promised to fight for the reopening schools in the southeastern province of Paktika. “This is a great step to make possible to portray a spontaneous struggle of local villagers for the right of education for their children in the province,” provincial office said in a statement. Paktika people also promised to discuss the reasons behind closing ...

NEW YORK: Donald Trump rejected criticism from the father of a soldier killed in Iraq who said the Republican presidential nominee had “sacrificed nothing and no one” and questioned whether the mother was allowed to speak during the couple’s appearance at the Democratic convention. “I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices,” Trump told ABC News in excerpts of an ...