AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The speaker for the Wolesi Jirga on Monday expressed objection over the release of five suspect persons who made attempt to get entry into the parliament building, calling on the security organs to recapture the individuals for further inquiry. Mirdad Najrabi, head of the Wolesi Jirga internal …

By LAWRENCE SELLIN, PHD -According to security officials in Quetta, Shafiq Mengal is the leader of the Islamic State in Pakistan. He was, quite literally, home-grown by the Pakistani government and has now gone rogue, like so many of Pakistan’s proxy prodigies. Shafiq Mengal is the son of former Pakistan state minister for …

AT-KABUL: The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Monday said that eight officials including three army generals were arrested over corruption. “Seven people including three general of Ministry of Defense (MoD) were arrested over corruption today,” said AGO Spokesman Jamshid Rasuli. He said that one official was under custody on the …

During the prolong war in Afghanistan from 2001—persent, a lots of civilians beside security personnel have been killed or wounded due to war-related violence. Both, the Taliban insurgents and the Afghan security forces caused causalities. But most Afghan civilians deaths caused by the insurgent attacks. Foreign forces, mostly in air …

AT-KABUL: At least 89 militants have been killed and 26 others received injuries in different crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said. In a press statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense, (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others received injuries after the Afghan security forces recoiled their (Taliban) attack in a checkpoint in Tewora district of Ghor province, officials said on Monday. The Afghan security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in a response to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives have detained a group of five kidnappers in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News the kidnappers were involved in many criminal cases in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. He said …

Ethnic discrimination increased, beside security, economic and social crisis: Nabil By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The new government opposition political party under the name of ‘Mehawar-e-Mardom’ (People’s Orbit) was established on Sunday. Opposition leadership strongly criticized National Unity Government (NUG) for its failure in different aspect in past two years. During inauguration, …

Blood and fire have often blighted Afghanistan; the three Anglo-Afghan wars being among the bloodiest and the most cruel in its history. But Britain’s partitioning of Afghanistan will rank as the greatest crime of the nineteenth century. That arbitrary line which Mortimer Durand drew in 1893 on a small piece …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least three civilians have been killed and four others received injuries on Sunday after clash erupted between Afghan Security forces and the Taliban insurgents in western Farah province, provincial officials said. The clash took place in Ganj Abad region of Balablok district of the province. The …