United Nations, Feb 28 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. “I can tell you that the Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the impact that violence is having on civilian populations,” Dujarric told a daily briefing on Friday (local time).The UN chief reiterated his call on the parties to resolve …
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Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following border clashes with Pakistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said.The majority of the casualties are women and children, Fitrat added. Meanwhile, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a “special circle” in Pakistan has started a mission to destabilise the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and…
Islamabad/Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Several Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured after Pakistan carried out airstrikes targeting civilian areas along the volatile border between the two countries.Kabul alleged that residential locations were hit in the operation.Islamabad maintained that the strikes were aimed at Afghan-based “terrorist groups” that it holds responsible for a string of recent suicide attacks inside Pakistan.According to the Afghan government, “dozens of people” were k…
Kabul, Dec 31 (IANS) More than 35,000 individuals struggling with drug addiction have completed treatment and rejoined their families across Afghanistan over the past year, government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced on Wednesday. The 35,228 recovered addicts received medical treatment and rehabilitation before being reintegrated into society, Mujahid said, Xinhua News Agency reported.The Afghan government has enforced bans on poppy cultivation and narcotics trafficking as part of a com…