AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As concerns loom over delay in trial of 19 policemen allegedly involved in Farkhunda’s case, the primary court on Monday announced that would decide about the policeman today (Tuesday). Head of the primary court, Safiullah Mujaddidi, said the reason behind the delay was high volume of dossiers …
Read More »Sherpao urges ‘smooth’ AfPak trade ties
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief of the Qaumi Watan Party, a neo-nationalist political party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), urged the government of Pakistan to promote bilateral trade ties further with Afghanistan. At a party meeting in Charsadda district of KP, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said the other day that the Nawaz-led …
Read More »Operations against insurgents underway in high threat areas: MoD
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday said that operations against militants are underway in 26 different parts of the country. These areas are labeled as “high threat” on the security chart. Operation Chief at the defense ministry, Gen. Afzal Aman, said that insurgents had carried out 1,600 …
Read More »Kabul, Tehran ink MoU on strategic studies
AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: In a bid to enhance bilateral ties further in the sphere of security and policy-making, Afghan and Iranian officials inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic studies. The MoU was signed at a joint seminar in Tehran by the chief of Afghan Ministry of Foreign …
Read More »MoPH reports five percent decline in maternal mortality
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said that due to accessibility of women to the healthcare services, maternal mortality rate has been decreased five percent in Afghanistan. Speaking at the International Day of the Midwife, Deputy Minister of Public Health said that increase in number …
Read More »4,695 illegal Afghan nationals, 4,634 suspects arrested in Peshawar
KABUL: Over 4,634 suspects and 4,695 unregistered Afghan national were arrested as more than 138 search and strike operations were carried out in the provincial capital alone under the National Action Plan (NAP) launched in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on the Army Public School in December last …
Read More »NDS and ISI Sign MoU
Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see both countries working closely together to fight terror, officials have confirmed. Based on the agreement, ISI will also train and equip the NDS. In addition, Afghanistan and Pakistan will …
Read More »Forces need training and equipment
We sleep soundly at while thinking we have guardians at the gate and the frontiers. Throughout the history, our guardians have answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. However, what comes when they are ill-equipped particularly against a force like the Taliban? An official in the troubled Helmand province said …
Read More »NDS recovers explosives placed in baby powder bottles
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered a large amount of explosive materials placed in baby powder bottles. The NDS in a press statement said that operatives of the spy agency recovered around 384 bottles full of Potassium Chlorate. The explosive materials were recovered from a warehouse of an …
Read More »HPC urges clear agenda for next round of peace talks
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) emphasized on a clear agenda for next talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Expressing concerns over lack of coherent agenda on part of the Afghan government in the previous series of talks with the Taliban, a senior member of the …
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