AT-KABUL: Fifty-seven Taliban fighters were killed and 60 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said Monday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense said that Afghan National Army with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security conducted …

AT-KABUL: Five Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others wounded as a mine they were planting in a mosque, went off in Paktia province, officials said Monday. “The incident happened in the Sayed Karam district,” Ministry of Interior said in a statement. No civilian casualties were reported in the blast. …

AT-KABUL: At least 10 Daesh fighters were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Monday. “Ten Daesh including intelligence in charge of the group for Kot district were killed in an airstrike in Kot district,” said Spokesman Provincial Governor Spokesman Ataullah Khogiani, identifying the intelligence in charge …

The law enforcement agencies are focused on elimination of the insurgent groups and garnering support of the international community. Most of the security policies revolve around defeat of the Taliban, Haqqani Network, al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Islamic State—popular as Daesh in the country. Such policies could not be termed …

AT-KABUL: The Civil Aviation Independent Authority said Sunday that it would construct a cold storage house at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital city. The authority said in a statement that the construction of the warehouse was ordered by President Ashraf Ghani. The construction of a stock …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban insurgents was killed along with his six associates in an airstrike carried out in Sarak Payin village of the Chahar Dara district of northern Kunduz province, the Ministry of Interior said Sunday. The ministry in a statement identified the commander as Jannat, whose …

AT-KABUL: Eleven fighters of the Haqqani terrorist network were arrested in Khost province, the intelligence agency said. The National Directorate of Security said Sunday that its operatives busted Haqqani Network militants before to carry out attack during the holy month of Ramadan. Eleven AK-47 rifles, 26 other types of weapons, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 26 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes with the security forces in northern Faryab province, local officials said Sunday. Provincial police chief Sayed Aqa Andarabi said that clash brooked after dozens of militants attacked security forces outpost in the Gurzaiwan district. “A public uprising commander, …

AT-KABUL:  Police official Khalil Andarabi is to be tried for helping a Taliban fighter, an official said Sunday. Adarabi serving as Wardak police chief is accused in supporting Qari Zahir, Taliban’s intelligence head for northern Baghlan province. Zahir was arrested while being transported in the police vehicle belonged to Andarabi …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The government plans to increase saffron products to 14 tons in the next five years, agricultural officials said Sunday. Lotfullah Rashed, spokesman for the ministry of agriculture said the ministry worked hard to increase the saffron products. Afghanistan has the capacity of producing of 70 tons of …