235 trapped civilians rescued from Taliban, Daesh captivity in Sar-e-Pul By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A large army combatant convoy arrived in Sayyad district of Sar-e-Pul province to recapture the Mirza–Olang village that fell to Taliban and Daesh on Saturday. “The big combatant convoy of 209 Shaheen army corps reached to Sayad …
Read More »Unknown armed men kill two female employees of Bagram airbase
AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men attacked the female employees of the US-administered Bagram military airbase, killing two Afghan female employees and wounding two others, said officials. “Two armed men riding motorbike opened fire at female employees of Bagram airbase in Parwan, which as result two of the employees killed and two …
Read More »Editorial: Out of ground reality
It is time for the Afghan government to strongly react to a statement made by former Blackwater CEO, Erik Prince that Taliban or Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorists, would raise their battle flag over the US embassy in six months or a year, if forces pull out …
Read More »235 civilians rescued from Taliban, Daesh captivity in Sar-e-Pol
By Mohammad Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: At least 235 civilians were rescued from Taliban and Daesh captivity today afternoon, who had been trapped in Mirza-Olang village of Sayad district of Sar-e-Pol province, after it fall to the militants Saturday, officials said. The villagers, mostly children, women and elderly people, who spent four …
Read More »Taliban ban work on development projects in Logar
AT Monitoring Desk-PUL-I-ALAM: The Taliban have ordered stopped work on some development projects in Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, residents complained on Tuesday, a claim the insurgents confirmed. A tribal elder in the district, Siraj Ahmad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that reconstruction work on the Sorkhab-Pul-i-Kandahari, Dehno-Pul-i-Kandahari and …
Read More »President vows to avenge Sar-i-Pul massacre
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday vowed to avenge the massacre of innocent people in the Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Addressing a gathering on anti-corruption drive, the president offered his condolences to the bereaved families and said the enemy of the country once again showed …
Read More »Resolving current challenges: Senators ask president to call Loya Jirga
AT-KABUL: A number of senators delivered the package of Loya Jirga suggestion to President Ashraf Ghani, a demand to solve the current problems. The senators have asked the president to make serious measures on the holding of the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly). The suggestion is delivered to president at a …
Read More »Karzai terms Mirza Olang massacre “inhumane”
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the mass killing of civilians by the anti-government armed groups in the Mirza Olang village of Sar-e-Pul province, calling it an “inhumane” act and against all Islamic orders. Over 50 civilians were reportedly shot dead and decapitated by Taliban and Daesh terrorist fighters …
Read More »September will bring a most memorable book for Afghanistan
“Durand’s Curse” —A line across Pathan Heart In 1893, Mortimer Durand, an Englishman duped the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman into signing blindly on a piece of paper. Consequently Afghanistan lost 40,000 square miles of its territory, first to Britain and then to Pakistan. Yet, no one knows why this happened. …
Read More »Editorial: Afghan masses at crossfire
The massacre of more than 40 innocent women and children which was carried out recently by the Taliban militants in Sar-i-Pul province, has made the Afghan people and government deeply saddened. This inhuman act of terrorism and genocide of Afghan masses by Taliban indeed is a war crime and open …
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