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KABUL (PAN): A day after two brazen Taliban attacks in Kabul and Zabul provinces, the Senate chairman on Tuesday asked the government to mount military pressure on the rebels alongside efforts to convince them into peace talks.
Addressing the upper house, Fazl Hadi Muslimyar condemned Monday’s attacks on the Kabul International Airport and the provincial council office in Qalat.

KABUL (PAN): The United Nations on Tuesday announced an increase in civilian casualties in Afghanistan, indicating its plan to hold talk with the Taliban on the issue.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Jan Kubis, linked the rise in civilian casualties to increasing insurgent attacks.
Addressing a news conference in Kabul, the top UN diplomat said up to 2,499 civilians had been killed or wounded in the past six months.

KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Monday approved a draft law on the structure, duties and powers of election panels, with some members saying the legislative measure should have been adopted by a two-thirds majority.

KABUL (PAN): Dominic Medley, spokesman for the NATO senior civilian representative in Afghanistan over the past three years, has urged the global fraternity to stay committed to the war-torn country.
In an exclusive interview -- his last before leaving the country -- with Pajhwok Afghan News, he appealed to the world to work with Afghans to help them determine their future.