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Defense minister returns as war intensifies on different fronts in Afghanistan

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210405

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with National Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid, who recently returned back to the country and resumed his duty after receiving...

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Afghan govt committed to defend rights of citizens: VP Danesh

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210426

KABUL: Shahrzad Akbar, Chairwoman of the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan, met with Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh, here yesterday, a statement said. During...

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Commando forces free 8 from Taliban prison in Baghlan

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210392

KABUL: Eight security force members were freed from a Taliban prison in an operation in northern Baghlan on Sunday night, the Ministry of Defense (MoD)...

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Taliban attacks in Badakhshan province repelled: officials

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210384

KABUL: Taliban group attacks were pushed back in six districts of Badakhshan province on Sunday night, local officials said Monday. Nick Mohammad Nazari, spokesman for...

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COVID-19: Ministry reports 628 new cases, 24 deaths in Afghanistan

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210535

KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 628 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,647 samples tested in the last 24 hours....

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40 Hindu, Sikh Afghans return home from India

TheKabulTimesMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021May 25, 20210298

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Forty members of Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh community who left the country nine months ago returned from India on Sunday....

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President Ghani stresses digitization, quality education

TheKabulTimesMay 24, 2021

May 24, 20210553

KABUL: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammed Ashraf Ghani chaired a meeting on the implementation of the programs of the Ministry of Higher...

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Tribal Solidarity Commission inaugurated in Kabul

TheKabulTimesMay 24, 2021

May 24, 20210396

KABUL: Tribal Solidarity Commission, chaired by Assadullah Wafa, Advisor to the President, was officially inaugurated here yesterday on the initiative of Independent Directorate of Local...

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Key to war and peace lies with Pakistan: Former President

TheKabulTimesMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021

May 24, 2021May 24, 20210373

KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai said Afghans are being used against each other by external forces and that Pakistan wants to exert strategic influence in...

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