At least 12 casualties reported after plane drops bomb over east of city following a “technical” issue, officials said. An Iraqi warplane has accidentally dropped a bomb over a residential area of Baghdad after it experienced mechanical failure, according to the country’s defence ministry. Officials confirmed to Al Jazeera on …

KABUL: As a frontline fighting force against terror, the Afghan Local Police (ALP) should be provided with all the needed facilities and support by the Afghan security forces, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday. Last Thursday, heavily-armed insurgents stormed and seized several police check posts and later …

There have been reports of heavy casualties sustained by security forces battling the Taliban in Maidan Wardak province. This security deterioration is happening when President Ashraf Ghani’s third nomination for the Ministry of Defense was rejected by the parliament on Saturday. Ghani in May, nominated Masoom Stanikzai, a long term …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: As security has been deteriorating across the country, a number of senators demanded convening of Loya Jirga to help find out a way out to the gnawing conflict. They said as security situation has been worsening because of the internal bickering between the leaders of the National …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: A number of civil society activists and scores of protestors on Sunday asked Wolesi Jirga to summon the security officials for their negligence regarding the deadly incident in Jarliz district of Maidan Wardak province, where more than 30 Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) were killed by the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Meshrano Jirga on Sunday staged a walk out protest as the summoned high-ranking security officials failed to appear before the Senate. The gate of Meshrano Jirga (MJ) or Senate was closed down till coming Wednesday as protest after the minister of foreign affairs and …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced acid attack on school girls in western Herat province. In a fresh case of violence against women, unidentified men on motorcycles hurled acid at three girl students in the province. Hamid Karzai termed the acid attack a cowardly act and said that it was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 23 Taliban militants have been killed in Afghan military airstrike in Faryab province the other day, said a local official. Mohammad Reza Rezaye, a spokesman for 209th Shaheen military corps, said that the airstrike come after that a swarm of Taliban militants stormed Kohistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga urged the incumbent government to introduce its new pick for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) soon. This comes at a time that Massom Stankzai, minister-designate for defense failed to get vote of confidence from Wolesi Jirga. The Jirga also previously rejected Sher Muhammad Karimi to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kunduz province continue to live in dire conditions, Radio Azadi reported. Recent wars and conflicts in different districts of the province forced thousands of families to leave their homes and move to the capital city of the province and other safe areas. …