AT-KABUL: At least forty-seven Taliban insurgents including thirteen Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh fighters were killed and twenty-three others wounded in different operations lunched by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Monday. In a press release issued …
Read More »Five dead, 13 wounded in twin suicide attacks in Kabul
AT-KABUL: At least five people were killed and 13 others wounded after twin suicide attacks rocked Kabul city on Monday afternoon, officials said. The two suicide attacks took place near to the ministry of defense in which five people killed and 13 injured. Ismail Kawsi, spokesman for the Ministry of …
Read More »Treasures from Afghanistan unveiled in Korea
Timeworn relics from Afghanistan have been unveiled in Korea for the first time, through joint collaboration between the two countries’ national museums. Displaying artefacts of ancient civilizations between the 20th century B.C. and the seventh century, the exhibition titled “Treasures from Afghanistan” ran at the National Museum of Korea in …
Read More »Taliban take control of Omna district
AT-KABUL: After five days of continued fighting, Omna district of southeastern Paktika province has fallen to the Taliban, local officials said on Sunday. A security officials who wish to remain anonymous said that the district had been under siege for the past five days, and were collapsed on Saturday night. …
Read More »HIA inches closer to peace deal: Report
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has said that they party is close to a final declaration on peace deal with the government, a source close to the group said. Negotiations regarding peace deal have concluded and preparation are underway for a final …
Read More »Unpaid taxes: Govt stops Safi Airways operations
AT-KABUL: Following Ministry of Finance decision, the government will stop Safi Airway operation due to owe and taxes, the ministry of civil aviation said on Sunday. Safi Airways is indebted of over $17 million as the company has not paid taxes and debts from the solar year of 1390-1393, Ministry …
Read More »Editorial: Expensive justice
Justice is very expensive in Afghanistan as the research and survey reports reveal. Most of officials and influential people are using the laws for their own benefits. The law of the land is helpless before the armed groups. The recent clash between the two groups in the capital city, Kabul, …
Read More »Attempt to smuggle drone parts to Pakistan thwarted
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province thwarted an attempt to smuggle military equipment, including drone parts to Pakistan, a security official said on Sunday. One official wishing to go unnamed told Pajhwok Afghan News that Special Forces were dispatched from Kabul to eastern Nangarhar province …
Read More »117 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least one hundred-seventeen Taliban insurgents were killed and forty-three others wounded in different clearance operations conducted by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Sunday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, said that the Afghan National …
Read More »36 killed, 26 injured in southern highway accident in Zabul
AT-KABUL: A passenger bus struck with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province Sunday morning in which at least 36 passengers died and 26 more were injured, an official said. The deadly accident took place when a passenger bus struck with a fuel tanker in Shahrisafa district of Zabul …
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