AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a visit to a police district, suspended a police officer for being careless while on duty, presidential office said Monday. “President Ghani made a supervised visit to the Kabul’s Police District 9 Sunday night,” president’s office said in a statement. It added that the head …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan ambassador to Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal has said that the killing of top Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader in Afghanistan had proved that Afghanistan was not in business of harboring terrorists as ‘assets’. “Killing of top TTP commander Azam Tariq in an operation by Afghan security forces in …

AT-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents were killed in their own mine explosion in the southern Zabul province, a security official said Monday. Ghulam Jailani Farahi, head of the provincial directorate of security, said that the insurgents were killed while planting mines in Qalat city, the provincial capital. Taliban mostly use improvised …

AT-KABUL: The Alokozay Group of Companies has vowed to invest $ 300 million on the construction of Sarubi-2 water dam to help the irrigation and electricity generation, an official said Monday. Water and energy minister Ali Ahmad Osmani said in a meeting of economic council led by president Ghani that …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that 15 Taliban terrorists with links with the Quetta Shura (council) were arrested in the southern province of Kandahar. In a press statement, the intelligence agency said that the arrested people were involved in different activities including sabotage, terrorizing of religious …

AT-KABUL: Four Romanian soldiers of the “Rechinii Albi” Force Protection Battalion were wounded on Sunday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in southern Kandahar province of the country. The attack took place in Dand district of the province while the soldiers were on routine patrol. “After securing the area, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Special Forces raided several Taliban jails in southwestern Helmand province and released at least 101 hostages including civilians from Taliban captivity, Ministry of Defense said Monday. Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Dawlat Waziri, said the Afghan commandos conducted the operations last night in Marjah, Nahri-Saraj and Nawzad …

GENEVA:  Asserting that Balochistan has always been a nation and existed even before the formation of Pakistan, exiled Baloch leader Khan of Kalat Amir Ahmed Suleman Daud has said that they are considering forming a government in exile. In an exclusive interview to ANI in Geneva, Mr Daud said that the …

AT-KABUL: In a meeting here on Sunday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) requested representatives of the Hazara community to postpone the demonstrations. In a media statement issued here, the UN mission in the country said that as part of its good offices mandate, it has invited participants for …

Pakistan is engaged in a continued propaganda war against Afghanistan and India as the key regional and global players are trying to isolate Pakistan for its support to domestic and trans-national terrorists groups. These groups have wrecked havoc in the region. These terror outfits kill and injure scores of innocent …