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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detained three members of Haqqani network in southeastern Khost province. A statement issued by the NDS on Tuesday said that three members of the network, identified as Rahim Khan, Naim Khan and Najibullah, were supplying weapons and ammunition the …
Read More »The botched diplomacy
Afghan officials have failed times and again to employee diplomacy properly and secure the national interests. Sometimes they ignore the protocols and most of the times they overlook importance of diplomacy in the international politics to present aspirations of Afghans. Recently, the PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) denied giving …
Read More »Height of insecurity; Meshrano Jirga censures govt for failure to rescue hostages
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday criticized the National Unity Government (NUG) for its failure to improve law and order situation and rescue the abducted passengers who were beheaded recently by Daesh in Zabul province. In today’s session, the government was not …
Read More »Lithuania is mulling to deploy more troops to Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: Lithuania is mulling to deploy some 20 troops to Afghanistan by 2017, bringing the total number to 50. The resolution is yet to be passed by the Lithuanian parliament. Defense minister of Lithuaniua, Juozas Olekas, told media that the plan comes at a time that the United State and …
Read More »Govt under fire for failing to protect public
LDP condemns beheading of Hazara passengers By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Condemning the brutal killing of eight passengers by the Islamic State in Zabul province, the Labor and Development Party (LDP) said the National Unity Government (NUG) is racked by internal differences that have prevented it from acting to protect the public …
Read More »MoD promises tight security
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday assured of ramping up security within a month in the country as insecurity has been intensified recently. Dawlat Waziri, the spokesman to MoD, said that security situation will change in the next two or three weeks and recently 14 anti-militant …
Read More »Kabulis in a protest slam civilians beheading in Zabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Kabul residents took out to the street to give vent to their anger against the beheading of seven civilians by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, in southern Zabul province. Condemning the beheading of civilians, they gathered in Zarnigar Park in Kabul. They …
Read More »Cold snap; DABS issues load-shedding schedule for Kabul city
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Due to early arrival of winter season, power supply will remain off from 5 pm to 9 pm and 5 am to 8 am in all parts of the capital city. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the national power supplying company, has developed the schedule for winter …
Read More »NDS rescues 8 Ghazni abducted passengers
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that it has rescued eight passengers, abducted by the Taliban several months ago. The NDS’s spokesman Hasibullah Seddiqi confirmed release of the passengers saying that the spy agency operatives succeeded to rescue eight passengers who were from the group of …
Read More »ANP slams KP govt for not extending protocol to Afghan lawmakers, ministers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Central Secretary Information of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led provincial government for not providing the official protocol to the Afghan legislators and ministers. The PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not allowed opening of the Official Guest House for a group …
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