KABUL: Taliban fighters had freed all the 17 passengers through tribal elder’s mediation in Sar-i-Pul province, an official said, the passengers apparently belong to the Hazara ethnic minority. Taliban kidnapped 25 passengers including men and women in Sancharak district while travelling from Balkhab district to Sar-i-Pul city, capital of the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chief Executive Office on Thursday said that five of main perpetrators who were involved in kidnapping and killing of passengers in Kunduz province were arrested while the search for others is continued. Armed Taliban stopped busses and kidnapped over 200 people on Kabul-Kunduz Highway on early Tuesday. …

With increase in use of smart phones and expansion of internet services, social media has become popular source of information though biased. Time killers and activities see social media sites such as Facebook as main source of receiving feedback and disseminating information to alter public opinions in their favor. Most …

AT-KABUL: After killing and kidnapping of passengers on the Kabul-Kunduz highway, a number of civil society activists asked the government to improve security on the national highways and punish those who are involved in abduction and killing of innocent passengers. They accused the government of negligence, saying that the security …

AT-KABUL: Taliban insurgents kidnapped 25 passengers, including men and women, in Suncharak district of Sar-i-Pul province. They were travelling from Balkh Ab district to Sar-i-Pul city, capital of the province, when stopped by the insurgents at gunpoint. Authorities have confirmed that all passengers were from the Hazara community. The Taliban …

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are making slow and steady progress, giving them momentum for an expected tough fight ahead, Army Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleveland said today in Kabul. “It’s still obviously very early in the fighting season [with] a long way to go,” Cleveland, Resolute Support’s …

A large demonstration was organized in capital Kabul this morning to protest against the atrocities committed by the Taliban group. The demonstration has been organized by the Afghanistan Green Trend led by the former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh. The rally participants gathered near Eid Gah mosque chanting anti-Taliban slogans …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan National Police (ANP) on Wednesday killed a senior Taliban leader, along with his five associates in a special operation carried out in Wardak province, security official said. In a press statement, the Ministry of Interior said that Noorialai was a key Taliban commander and killed in an …

AT-KABUL: Sholgara district police Chief was killed as the result of mine explosion in Balkh province, said a provincial security official. Shirkhan Durani, for provincial police Chief Spokesman said that Sholgara district police chief was killed and his two bodyguards injured by improvised mine inside their vehicle. “The mine was …

AT-KABUL: Karzai Foundation for the first time started cultural programs and marked Professor Mir Hussain Shah’s 90th birth anniversary in Kabul on Wednesday. Ex-President Hamid Karzai said: “I hope running of such cultural programs continue in future and through Afghan Ulema, academic and cultural professors respected in the country by …