KABUL: American troops and their allies have been lambasted for underestimating the strategic costs to their missions resulting from civilian casualties in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the Open Society Foundations said, the US and its partners had learnt invaluable lessons about the strategic impact of civilian harm and how to better …

AT-KABUL: At least 11 Taliban insurgents were killed and four other received injuries during airstrikes in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Briefing newsmen, Ghazni Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel said that Taliban were killed before they target security checkpoints in Deh Yak district on Friday night. …

AT-KABUL: Taliban insurgents made an unusual bid to capture a provincial capital, a failed assault that underscored their heightened boldness in recent months, an official said Saturday. “We think we’re seeing an effort by the Taliban to absolutely capture a provincial capital and we think they realize that they’re coming …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A key Taliban commander and close aide to the ex-leader and the founder of the group, Mullah Omar, has asked the current Taliban leader Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhudzada to cut ties with Pakistan. The top Taliban leader, Syed Mohammad Tayyab Agha, reportedly asked Akhundzada in a letter which …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday’s session expressed deep concern over ramp up insecurity across the country. They urged the government to adopt necessary security measurements for ensuring security throughout the country. The legislators alleged the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders and …

AT-KABUL: At least 54 militants loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed during a clearing operation lunched by security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said Saturday. In a statement ministry of defense said the terrorists were killed in Pachiragam district, while the insurgents coordinated attack …

Recent visit of the Taliban delegation to Islamabad has raised many eyebrows in the international community. The delegation comprised of key Taliban leaders including Maulvi Shahabuddin, Mullah Jan Mohammad Madani, and Mullah Abdul Salam visited Islamabad to brief Pakistani officials on the talks held between Afghan government and the insurgent …

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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have destroyed a bomb-making factory belonged to the Taliban insurgents during an operation in southern Helmand province, security official said. Officials in the 215th Maiwand Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) said the factory was destroyed during an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces under command of the First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum have recaptured Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said. The district was fled to the Taliban on October 11, where after more than 18 days Afghan security forces succeeded to resize the district. …