AT-KABUL: At least 60 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: At least five people have been killed and 53 injured by suicide car bombing in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s justice ministry building in Kabul, officials said. Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, told reporters at the scene of the attack that five people, including a woman, were killed …

AT-KABUL: A primary court in Kabul sentenced 11 police officers to one year in jail and announced eight others free of charges for failing to protect a woman killed in Kabul in March by an angry mob. The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was beaten to death and her body was …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the premier national spy agency, on Monday denied training of its agents by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Reacting to the news reports that ISI has offered to train and equip the NDS agents, spokesman to Afghan spy agency, Haseeb Siddiqi, said that nothing …

AT-KABUL: The chief of Nawa district of southern Helmand province has been shot dead in an ambush of the Taliban militants, said an official source on Monday. The incident took place in Moqor district of Ghazni province. However, Nang Safai, spokesman for Ghazni governor, said that incident has taken place …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a vehicle of border police in southern Kandahar province, said a local official on Monday. Samim Khpalwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said that the suicide blast killed seven people, including two policemen and five …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) on Monday discussed proposals from six foreign airways companies for winning the contract of air control. The ACAA said in a statement that the consultative meeting exchanged views on different aspects and conditions of the contract with representatives of the companies. Names of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following reports that the United Arab Emirates has deported Afghan investors in Dubai and other cities of the kingdom, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday said the decision will be implemented on illegal Afghan workers, not traders. The MoFA said that has summoned the UAE …

AT-KABUL: Work on the second lane of Torkham-Jalalabad road was resumed on Monday after a long-time delay. A ceremony was held in Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province to resume work on construction of second lane of the road. The ceremony was attended by a large number of people including …

AT-KABUL: Alokozay Group of Companies (AGC) on Monday signed a sponsorship agreement with Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) that will financially support the board for upcoming 10 years. Chief Executive of ACB, Shafiqullah Stanikzai, head of Alokozai Group marketing Mirwais Siyal, deputy executive chief of the ACB Dost Mohammad Nazari, the …