AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 11 Islamic State (IS) rebels, which is also known as Daesh terrorists have been killed after US drone targeted them in the Haska Mena district in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that …
Read More »Airstrike kills two in Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two civilians have been killed in an airstrike carried out by foreign forces on weeding party in Qarabagh district of Kabul, the capital city, an official said on Tuesday. District Chief Abdul Samai Sharifi told Pajhwok Afghan News the foreign forces bombed the weeding party on Monday …
Read More »Editorial: Violence must stop
The government of Afghanistan in a statement, and the Afghan masses through social media reacted to the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, labeling it as an act of genocide against Muslim minority. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has strongly condemned killing of Muslim minority by Myanmar military …
Read More »Afghan Premier League to start this week
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghan league for association football clubs (Afghan Premier League-APL) will be kicked off coming Thursday in Kabul, said officials. The ALP is a hope for Afghan among ash and smoke in this war weary country. Eight teams from eight different zone of Afghanistan came together here in Kabul …
Read More »A dozen Daesh militants perish in Kunar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A foreign forces airstrike has targeted hideouts of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist that left at least 12 Daesh fighters dead in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday. Kunar Police Chief, Maj. Gen. Jumma Gul Himmat, told Pajhwok Afghan News NATO-led …
Read More »6 militants killed in Kandahar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces have killed at least six militants and detained nine others in an operation carried out in Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police Spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the overnight raid was conducted in …
Read More »2 snatched ICRC staffers released
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two abducted employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been freed, a statement from the ICRC said on Tuesday. The two staff members were abducted by an armed group on 8 February 2017 when they were on their way to Jawzjan province in …
Read More »106-year-old Afghan refugee has her asylum claim rejected
Bibihal Uzbeki, who is disabled and can barely speak, has been told she will not be able to claim asylum in Sweden, despite her age and the perilous journey she went through to get to the country. The refugee’s 67-year-old son and 19-year-old grandson helped their elderly relative cross mountains, …
Read More »‘Major operation launches in Kandahar’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kandahar Provincial Police Chief, General Abdul Raziq has pledged to kick off a major operation against the insurgents in the province, aimed at clearing militants from the areas. Gen. Raziq said this during his visit to the volatile Maiwand district of Kandahar. Maiwand district borders the restive …
Read More »‘Helmand peace talks faltered due to govt’s negligence’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Efforts for reconciliation with the Taliban insurgents have been faltered in southern Helmand province as a result of cold shouldered response of the government and High Peace Council (HPC), a former peace negotiator said on Monday. While addressing the participants of a gathering, former head of the …
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