AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Number of drug addicts has soared in northern Balkh province, said a local official on Sunday. The director of Balkh counternarcotics department, Abdul Rahim Oghli, while talking to  Azadi Radio expressed his deep concerns over lack of drug addicts’ rehabilitation centers in the province and said that …

AT-JALALABAD: Shinwari tribal elders warned to stage protests, if the government failed to clear their respective areas of militants. Religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in Nangarhar on Sunday to discuss security situation in eastern Afghanistan. Malik Osman, a Shinwari tribal elder, said that they waited for the government to …

AT-KABUL: Police Chief of eastern Kunar province, Abdul Habib Sayedkhil, said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgents have killed six member of a family in Barikot village of Nari district. Sayedkhil said that the Taliban militants entered into a house in the Barikot village of Nari district last night and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan expressed its deep concerns over continued broadcast of propaganda messages by the Sadai Khilafat Radio (Voice of Caliphate) in Nangarhar province and urged the government for immediate block of the radio signals. Recently, the Middle Eastern militant group has established a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A large number of militants have renounced violence and joined the Afghan-owned peace process in the western Ghor province, officials said on Sunday. A group of 89 insurgents has reintegrated into the civil society by laying down their arms. They also handed over 80 weapons, including machineguns, …

AT-KABUL:  The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) had launched an offensive to retake Ghormach district of Faryab province from the Taliban insurgents, sources said on Saturday. Security forces had launched the operation to clear the district of insurgents. Tens of Taliban fighters were killed and several others wounded during the …

AT-KABUL: A powerful earthquake, 6.3 in magnitude, rocked Afghanistan on late Friday night, destroying several houses in different provinces. At least 12 people were injured. Spokesman for State Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs, Omar Mohammadi, said that according to the US Geological Survey the earthquake struck Afghanistan at 11:15 pm. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The residents of eastern Laghman province had expressed concerns over presence of Daesh fighters in the province and urged the security officials to take notice of the issue. According to the TOLOnews, the residents said that threats in Qarghaee district are mostly due to presence of Daesh …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Saturday said that revenue collection has increased by 21 percent (Afs 20.7 billion) this year. The Minister of Finance, Eklil Hakimi, told newsmen that the revenue stood at Afs120.75 billion this solar year (March 21, 2015-2016), however, the figure was Afs100.05 …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces have accelerated the pace of military operation against the Taliban insurgents in Sangin district of southern Helmand province, said Ministry of Interior (MoI). Spokesman for the ministry Seddiq Seddiqi said on Saturday that clashes between militants and government forces were underway in Sangin district. He said …