AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: General John Nicholson, US top commander in Afghanistan has requested for more troops to prevent the country from becoming a safe hideout for the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group. He said that the US and Europe need to send 5,000 more …
Read More »Policemen among 4 dead in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two policemen and two civilians have been killed in a clash with insurgents in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. The clash was erupted when militants attacked a police check-post in Hadda area of Najmuddin square on Saturday evening at around 7:00PM, …
Read More »Flood sweeps away homes, crops in Nimroz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Flash floods destroyed several villages and swept away standing crops in the Chakhansur district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Fazli, the town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanha village was completely destroyed while another 50 villages were badly affected by …
Read More »Pakistan’s opposition party demands for publicizing of Bin Laden presence report
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An opposition party senator in Pakistan has stressed on the federal government to publicize the report to clarify confusions regarding the presence of the slain al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad. Bin Laden was killed in a May, 2011 assault launched by …
Read More »‘Govt urged to seriously probe SIGAR report’: Corruption in security bodies irked lawmakers
By Farhad Naibkhel-KBAUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday expressed deepest concerns over the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) regarding corruption in security organs. They urged the government to seriously probe the report and take measures to address the issue. Head of the …
Read More »82 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 82 militants were killed and 42 others were wounded in different operations within past 24 hours, military sources said Saturday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National …
Read More »Some stocktaking
By Afrasiab Khattak: The main feature of Pakistan’s 70th National Day was the impressive and colourful military parade that remained the focus of media coverage on 23rd of March this year. The march past was supposed to represent the country’s determination for defeating terrorism, which is a noble and desirable …
Read More »22 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 22 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) aka Daesh terrorist group have been killed in an airstrike attacks in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said on Saturday. Provincial governor spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani said that airstrikes targeted Daesh hideouts in Milo area of Nazian district …
Read More »8 militants, policeman killed in Logar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Eight militants and a policeman have been killed during separate incidents of violence in Logar province, an official said on Saturday. While confirmed the news, the provincial governor spokesman, Salim Saleh said that the incident took place after two armed militants stormed a police checkpoint in Kandahari …
Read More »‘More US deployment wouldn’t bring peace’: Karzai blames US for its wrong Afghan policy
AT-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president blamed the United States and its allies for what he said “taking wrong policy” in Afghanistan, resulting terrorists more power. “One decade and half ago, the US and its allies came to our country with full cooperation from the important regional countries with the …
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