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The Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of parliament, on Tuesday approved the agreement on a gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India.

Chairman of High Peace Council Sallahuddin Rabbani on Tuesday said the killing of political leaders and council members could not derail the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan.

Three Taliban leaders were captured in a joint Afghan and Nato troops operation on Tuesday morning.

The US President Barack Obama has welcomed the beginning of the third phase in the handover of security responsibilities to Afghan forces.

Afghan National Police launched an independent operation in the Khowaja Kenti village, Qisar District of Faryab province.

The wheat distribution process to 19,000 poor families was started by the agriculture, irrigation and livestock department in eastern Kunar proivnce on Saturday, officials said.

President Hamid Karzai on Sunday announced the third phase of security transition from foreigners to Afghan forces, a process that a senior official says will be challenging.

Four commanders were among eight rebels killed during separate operations by Afghan and international security forces in southern Ghazni and eastern Kunar provinces, officials said on Sunday.

Wolesi Jirga’s international affairs commission has approved the strategic partnership accord between Afghanistan and the US, and it would be presented to the house’s general assembly soon, a lawmaker said on Saturday.

During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched four joint clearance operations in Kabul, Helmand, Zabul and Paktika provinces.