AT-KABUL: As the National Unity Government (NUG) stepped into the third year, leaders have failed to fulfill commitments. A tribal elder and former adviser to the president, Shahzada Masoud, called on the government to convene the Loya Jirga to cope with current crisis. Masoud said that based on a political …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban insurgents was killed along with his two accompanies, while two other militants were injured as a result of a joint military operation launched by the national army and national police in southern Samangan province, ministry of interior said in a statement Wednesday. The …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in a military operation have killed Taliban’s deputy shadow district governor for Imam Sahib Abdul Rahman along with 13 others militants in northern Kunduz province, provincial police said on Wednesday. The police said that 21 other insurgents were also received injuries during operation. According to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban insurgents launched vast attacks on the Janikhel district of eastern Paktia province, where heavy clashes underway between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents, provincial official said Wednesday. “The clashes are ongoing two kilometers from the center of Janikhel. If supporting troops are not …

917 drug traffickers arrested in the past four months: Deputy of Counter Narcotic of MoI By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A drug lord who had been financing insurgency and terrorism was arrested by the counter-narcotics police in eastern Nangarhar province, officials confirmed Wednesday. “Joma Khan was arrested through an operation in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban militants attacked several check post in Dahana-e-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, provincial officials said Wednesday. “The Taliban attacked the district early today and fighting between militants and government forces are continuing,” the official told Xinhua news agency. According to the official who declined …

By Umar Daud Khattak-Muslims divided the Indian subcontinent that led to the creation of Pakistan. They ruled over Indian subcontinent for about 800 years before the British. There was no such demand of an independent Muslim country during those 800 years when they were ruling. During all these years, they …

MoD reiterates to fight Daesh, Taliban to bitter end “All those who are fighting in Afghanistan and killing innocent people are our enemies. We will fight every terrorist group. Afghanistan will not consider those countries as friends who are supporting militants,” says Ministry of Defense’s spokesman   By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: …

AT-KABUL: An American official said that the US forces were forced to leave behind equipment and weapons after they came under fire in Nangarhar province. The US military spokesman Brigadier General Charles Cleveland denied that any American positions or personnel were overrun. “We have been able to determine that the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that two abductors were arrested and a kidnapped child was rescued by its operatives in Kabul city. Intelligence operatives arrested two kidnappers through special operation in the police district 6 of Kabul city, it said in a statement. The abductors …