AT-KABUL: At least three senior Taliban commanders have been killed in an Afghan Air Forces airstrike in eastern Laghman province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Seven Taliban insurgents, including their three commanders were killed and three others received injuries after the Afghan Air Forces targeted their …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Jamiat-e-Islami on Sunday said that leading figures from the party, including party chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, held talks with Atta Mohammad Noor who has remained defiant after he was ousted as Balkh governor last week. At the meeting, the officials discussed developments that came in the wake of …

AT News Report-KABUL: The Second Vice-President, Sarwar Danish in a conference said that the presence of powerful individuals in the country have been the main factors of violence against journalists and self-censorships in media outlets which requires government action to protect and nurture media organizations. The representative of media conference …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga—Upper House of Parliament has summoned the officials of Ministry of Defense, Interior, National Security Council and other relevant institutions to brief them on challenges along Durand Line posed by Pakistan, particularly unilaterally fencing the so-called Durand Line. Senators were of the opinion that Pakistan …

AT News Report-KABUL: Around 90 million Afs allocated for a teachers’ township in Herat province were embezzled, provincial officials confirmed. Separately, 1,500 acres of lands allocated for the township was grabbed, said Jilani Farah, provincial spokesman. “The lands have been distributed to the persons who are not teachers and do …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least seven civilians embraced martyrdom and three others wounded after a roadside mine blast in southern Helmand province. “Civilians were on their way, while their vehicle struck by a roadside mine placed by Taliban insurgents in Marja district of Helmand province on Sunday morning,” said Helmand …

AT News Report-KABUL: Ministry of water and energy on Sunday signed the contract of the development of Paktia’s Machalghoo power dam with the Project Design Agency, while chief executive Abdullah Abdullah was present. Minister of water and energy, Ali Ahmad Osmani, said that the project would complete within three years, …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least eight Taliban fighters were killed during operations conducted by Afghan forces in Marja district of Helmand provinces. Air and ground operation going on successfully against insurgents in Marja district and till date eight Taliban fighter including their two group leader were killed in the district, …

With majority of votes, the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament approved a presidential decree prohibiting torture at prisons and detention centers. It has been approved after some amendments were incorporated by judicial commission of the house in some articles. The lawmakers modified the sixth and 13th articles …

AT News Report-KABUL: The US has decided a sudden increase in Marine presence in the volatile southern Helmand province to chase insurgency and destroy Taliban’s drug production factories in the province, an official says on Sunday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News a US delegation headed by …