AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 20 passengers have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning in southern Zabul province, said local officials. The Deputy Police Chief of Zabul province, Ghulam Jailani Farahi, confirmed the kidnapping and said the incident took place on Kabul Kandahar highway, between Shah Joy …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nearly 24,000 families have been displaced from Achin, Debhala and Naizan districts of eastern Nangarhar province to flee Daesh (ISIS) violence, said officials. The provincial governor, Saleem Khan Kunduzi said that Daesh militants violence have forced thousands of families in the province to leave their houses. He …

“Audio recordings by NDS reveal the Taliban in Kunduz were receiving directives from Peshawar,” says Saleh AT-KABUL: Kunduz fact finding team released its report on Saturday and blamed poor leadership, lack of coordination and underutilization of resources for the fall of Kunduz city to the Taliban militants. Amrullah Saleh, head …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Kabul University (KU) marked the 90th birth anniversary of the renowned literary figure Mir Hussain Shah, a former lecturer of Faculty of Social Sciences. The scientific and research seminar was attended by the university lecturers, members of Afghanistan Academy of Sciences, intellectuals and governmental officials, on Saturday. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nearly 14 Daesh (ISIS) fighters have been killed and several others injured during a military operation in eastern Nangarhar province, said local officials on Saturday. Commander of 201 Selab Military Corp, Mohammad Nasim Sangin, said that the ongoing military operation in Achin district to eradicate the militants …

KABUL: The Civil Movement of Social Justice (CMSJ), a civil society organization, asked the government to make public the results of investigation into the September 28 collapse of Kunduz city to the Taliban. Ahmad Zaki, a member of CMSJ, asked President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani the other day to disclose the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Up to 12 Daesh (ISIS) militants were killed in a clash with security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. The district chief of Achin, Haji Ghalib, said that the insurgents attacked security check post in Abdul Khel area. In retaliation, security forces killed a dozen Daesh …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that Kabul had provided the weapons “wish list” to New Delhi. He said that Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has given the ‘wish list’ regarding the provision of military hardware to his counterpart in his recent …

By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-When Afghan traders sit and count challenges, Pakistan will top the list, followed by the Afghan government. Islamabad does not allow Afghan trucks to cross Wagah border and bring Indian goods to Afghanistan. Sometimes Afghan trucks are barred from entering into Pakhtunkhwa under the pretext road pass. …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Next year the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) will start a fish breeding program at Band-e Qargha to promote pisciculture in the country. After several decades of war, this is the first time that MAIL initiates fish breeding program in the country. The fish …