Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament, on Saturday urged the government to introduce reforms in electoral bodies and provide details about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security and Pakistan’s ISI. A number of lawmakers said they are not allowed to …

“As insecurity has been ravaging, ramping up security along border areas is a must, therefore the ministry believes enlisting tribal elders support will be an effective strategy” By Safiullah Amani KABUL: The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs (MoBTA) on Saturday said that it will hold jirgas—elders’ councils—in a number …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a group of four alleged suicide organizers detained in eastern Laghman province. The NDS said in a press statement that the spy agency personnel arrested the four alleged suicide organizers during an operation in Qarghaee district. The suspects named …

“I am under pressure from different sides, including the cabinet members and the council of ministers. Such pressures will not work. I am committed to bring reforms in customs departments and will uproot endemic corruption in Finance Ministry” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: As corruption still remains biggest hurdle for the …

AT-KABUL: Nearly 96 Taliban fighters were killed and 61 others were wounded in crackdowns carried out by security forces in different provinces. The Interior Ministry on Saturday said in a statement that the Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of …

On May 11, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had informed Parliament that a Red Corner Notice was in existence against Dawood, accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts. New Delhi: India has identified at least five or six locations in Pakistan of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and the latest intelligence …

“We want friendship with the people of Pakistan. We want all kinds of agreements with them. But we cannot accept any deal with the military and ISI of Pakistan as they have always pursued enmity with Afghanistan,” the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said. By Rahim Sarwan KABUL: Former Afghan …

Amrullah Saleh, former chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s domestic intelligence agency, is an outspoken critic of the recent MoU between the NDS and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Having headed the agency from 2004 until 2010, Saleh commands a great deal of insight into the working of …

AT-KABUL: At least five Taliban militants have been killed in military offensive in northern Parwan province, said a local security official. Sakhidad Keftan, a commander of the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that Afghan security forces have launched a large-scale military operation against militants in Ghorband district of the Parwan. …

“Refuting Patan claim, Taliban said all those killed in the drone strike were civilians” AT-KABUL: At least 34 suspected Taliban militants have been killed when a drone strike targeted a funeral ceremony in the southeastern Khost province, said a local official. The Deputy Governor of Khost province, Abdul Wahid Patan, …