AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An important control and command centre of the Taliban insurgents have been damaged irreparably during an operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, …
Read More »Editorial: Don’t complain, take action
Corruption in Afghanistan is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society. Afghanistan ranks 169 of 176 in Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption is consistently singled out as a problem in the war-hit country. It is a fact that society remained riddled with corruption. It is not simply …
Read More »Policeman killed in Farah
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unknown militants have gunned down a police officer in western Farah province while three militants have been killed in southern Zabul province, an official said on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson Iqbal Bahir told Pajhwok Afghan News, a police officer Mohammad was targeted by unknown gunmen on Monday evening …
Read More »ED: Dreams begin with teachers
A school teacher or in some contests, an educator is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values. None can deny teacher’s role in promoting culture too, despite several other things. Teachers may provide instruction in literacy and numeracy, craftsmanship or vocational training, the arts, religion, civics, …
Read More »Karzai praises increase of saffron cultivation
AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting with the famous saffron producer Mohammad Akbar aka Baba-e-Zaferan (father of saffron), praised him for his efforts in the increase of saffron cultivation and its quality, especially the saffron of Herat province. Karzai’s office said Monday that the ex-president said …
Read More »Afghanistan making progress in fight against corruption: UN Envoy
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan is making progress in fighting corruption amid many challenges, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan said at an anti-corruption conference co-hosted by the Afghan government and the European Union held in Kabul today said statement. “Corruption is one of the greatest challenges to restoring lasting …
Read More »Parliamentarians blame security officials with neglect in fall of Qala-e-Zal
Commander of Kunduz division should be fired, introduced to court: Ibrahimi By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament on Monday expressed deepest concerns over ramp up insecurity particularly in northern Kunduz. They termed mismanagement main factor behind fall of the district to Taliban hand. “Afghanistan …
Read More »Daesh leader killed in Nangarhar
AT News Report-KABUL: The U.S. Forces in Afghanistan confirm that Sheikh Abdul Hasib, the amir (leader) of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan was killed in a combined Afghan-U.S. raid in eastern Nangarhar on April 27. The raid conducted by Afghan Special Security …
Read More »Over 50 militants killed in Paktia
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 40 insurgents have been killed and a number of others were received injures in an airstrikes carried out by the foreign forces in Paktia province, security officials said on Monday. These militants were killed after their hideouts were targeted by air. Provincial Police Chief Abdullah Abdiyani, …
Read More »20 suspected gunmen arrested in Kapisa
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Twenty suspected gunmen, who were travelling from the Sarobi district of Kabul to northern Afghanistan, were detained in central Kapisa province, security official said on Monday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that the men were arrested in Awal Kohistan district of the …
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