AT-KABUL: At least 10 insurgents killed and four others wounded in recent clashes between the security forces and the Taliban in northern Sari-i-Pul province, said local officials on Wednesday. The provincial governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat confirmed the clashes and said that at least 10 insurgents were killed and four others …

NEW DELHI: India has delivered its first major offensive military platform to Kabul, with a Mi 25 attack helicopter reaching Afghanistan earlier this month. The first of the four Russian origin choppers that have been gifted to the neighbouring nation has arrived in Afghanistan, with three more on the way, …

AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of the parliament) on Monday rejected another presidential decree about recommendations of the Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC). President Ashraf Ghani through a decree approved seven of the 11 recommendations made by the SERC. The key recommendations approved by the president included establishment of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said that it was mulling to establish a special unit consisting of 7,000 policemen to ensure security of the vital Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline in the country. The deputy spokesman for the MoI, Najib Danish, told Azadi Radio that they …

If the history of the National Unity Government is written properly, some steps and reputations of the government are going to be badly bruised. There would not be a single chapter about good statesmanship. Most of the story will be about the blunders in which the authorities have graduated now. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 20,000 families have been benefitted from Jawzjan welfare projects. The projects including, education, transportation schemes and water supply have been executed in the province, said an official on Monday. According to the officials the projects include graveling of over 100 kilometers of roads, construction of 75 …

NUG on tenterhooks AT-KABUL: After heavy clashes the Taliban militants have taken control of Sangin district of southern Helmand province, said a senator on Monday. Hashem Alkozai, a member of Meshrano Jirga, said that Sangin district fell to the Taliban after heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and the insurgent …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has foiled a suicide attack on Consulate General of India in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar Media Information Center in a media statement issued here said that the spy agency had detained a would-be suicide bomber before he could attack …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ghulam Naser Khaze has been appointed as new governor of Ghor province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said. According to a brief statement of the IDLG, Khaze was recommended by the IDLG and approved by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. The newly appointed Ghor’s governor belongs …

AT-KABUL: The civil society activists on Monday asked the Council of Protection and Stability of Afghanistan (CPSA), a recently establish opposition party, to play constructive role in the country’s politics. On Friday a number of Jihadi leaders, former officials and the civil society activists came together in a session and …