AT-KABUL: At least 73 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 29 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
Read More »Devaluation of national currency and money laundering
Some 700,000 people in this war-wracked country remain displaced, and it ranks among the lowest globally in terms of human development indicators. The unabated episodes of wars have made this country a basket case economically where it has been receiving billions of dollars, but still its economy is in a …
Read More »Heavy fighting ongoing in Takhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban militants are underway in northern Takhar province, said a local official. Muhammad Omar Omar, Khwaja Ghar district chief, said that security forces have launched clearance operations against militants in the district. He added that the forces have cleared …
Read More »Attacks on schools, students have increased: MoE
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) said that terrorist attacks on schools and students have recently increased. This comes at a time that Islamic State, also known as Daesh, has recently warned girls in several districts in Nangarhar province against going to school. Kabir Haqmal, a spokesman for …
Read More »1070kg drugs recovered in Logar
AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces recovered some 1070 kilogram drugs in central Logar province, said an official source. The source added that security forces recovered the drugs after a crackdown. It said that no one has been arrested in connection with the drugs so far. According to another report, security forces …
Read More »Consensus among regional players is a must for stability: Ghani
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday urged the regional countries to shed their difference and come up with consensus on how to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Speaking at a United Nations’ ceremony on women, peace and security at the foreign ministry, the president said that …
Read More »One killed, 21 injured in attack on foreign troops convoy
KABUL: At least one civilian was killed and 20 others were wounded, after a suicide bomber driving an explosives-packed car targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul. Spokesman to the Kabul police, Ebadullah Karimi, said that a suicide bomber driving a Corolla vehicle targeted foreign forces’ convoy at around …
Read More »Commercial disputes resolution center inaugurated
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in a joint venture with Harakat, a financial institute, established Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to address commercial dispute across the country. Minister of Commerce and Industries, Humayon Rasa said that commercial dispute resolution was one of the …
Read More »2 killed, 51 injured in suicide car bombing in Helmand
AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber on Tuesday morning detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near the provincial police headquarters of southwestern Helmand province, leaving two people dead and 51, mostly civilians, injured. The bomber hit boundary wall of the police headquarters and jolt the city that left at least two civilians dead and …
Read More »Rift between NUG leaders: A cause of distress
It is high time for the two leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), to put their differences aside and explore ways to work together and steer the country forward in the right direction, because there is a flood of challenges and their differences are showing no signs of ending. …
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