AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) signed contracts with 11 private consultancy companies to provide trainings to graduates of vocational institutes and staffers of private firms. The program will provide around 5,000 graduates of vocational institutes and labors of private companies with the opportunity to hone their skills. The training …
Read More »279 rebels killed in nationwide raids
AT-KABUL: At least 279 armed Taliban fighters have been killed and 188 others wounded in different crackdowns over the past 48 hours. In a press release issued by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in cooperation with Afghan National Army (ANA) and operatives of National …
Read More »Regional, int’l cooperation needed to curb Daesh: Ghani
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani reiterated that regional and international community should join hands to counter rising trend of terror which posed great threat to regional security specifically Afghanistan Earlier, the president leading a high-level delegation on Thursday arrived in Russia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the …
Read More »Editorial: The dilemma of tax evasion
When they knew it why they didn’t try to fix it? Isn’t just an excuse? When objectives, and the aim of change and reform matter to a person, they will make no lies and no excuses. Those who build the house of failures with the nail of excuses, they must …
Read More »Key ISIS commander killed in Nangarhar airstrike
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A key commander of Daesh militants was killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the other day. The NDS said in a statement that the airstrike which killed Daesh’s second-in-command Gul Zaman and his deputy Jahadyar has also …
Read More »NDS releases footage of Special Task Force
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) released a video of Special Task Force which has been formed to combat the affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan. The NDS informed regarding the formation of the Special Task Force earlier this …
Read More »China pledges security equipment, training for ANSF
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to provide Afghanistan with security equipment. “Increasing security cooperation suits both countries’ interests. China will continue to supply Afghanistan with security supplies, technology, equipment and training assistance,” Xi told President Ashraf Ghani during a meeting in Russia. Xi is in the …
Read More »Afghanistan defeats Netherlands by 32 runs in T20 World Cup Qualifying round
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The national cricket team defeated Netherlands by 32 runs in the second qualifier match for International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20. Afghans set a target of 163 runs from 20 overs by losing 7 wickets after Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first. Samiullah Shinware, …
Read More »Ulomi sees drug traffickers, foreign hands behind insecurity in north
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noor-ul-Haq Ulomi, terrorist groups, in Afghanistan, receive support from neighboring countries. He said that drug traffickers in cooperation with some foreign hands are involved in mounting insecurity in Afghanistan’s northern. Ulomi during his trip to Afghanistan’s north said terrorist attacks’ of the Taliban …
Read More »Taliban storms checkpoints in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: A swarm of Taliban militants attacked three checkpoints in Ghazni province the other night killing one local policeman, wounded three others. Asadullah Ensaf, a security official in the province, confirmed the report and said that a group of Taliban insurgents, numbering 300 fighters, stormed Wada, Bakhtiar and Azad checkpoints. …
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