Amid the drawdown of coalition forces reports about embryonic presence of Daesh in Afghanistan have been doing rounds in media. American officials say they acknowledge that Daesh has spread into Afghanistan. Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Maj. Bradelee Avots says the spread of Daesh into Afghanistan is of great concern. Too …

AT-JALALABAD: Polio vaccination drive kicked off in eastern region on Sunday. Public Health director of Nangarhar province said that 936,000 children will be administrated drops against the crippling disease during the campaign. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Najibullah Kamawal, said 6,000 vaccinators will administrate the polio drops to around 936,000 …

AT-KABUL: Head of Defense Committee of UK parliament, Rory Stewart, called on the ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Sunday. British ambassador to Kabul and members of Firozkoh institute were also present on the occasion, who appreciated the support of Hamid Karzai and the UK’s Prince Charles to the institute. They …

AT-KABUL: Two would-be suicide bombers who planned to carry out attack on a police check post in Jalalabad city were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, said the National Directorate of Security (NDS) the other day. The NDS said in a statement that both of the would-be suicide attackers were from …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as six people lost lives and around 20 houses were destroyed in separate avalanches in northeastern Badakhshan province, said official on Sunday. Spokesman for Badakhshan governor, Ahmad Nawid Frotan, said the avalanche took place the other night in Kalafzar area of Yamgan district, leaving six …

AT Monitoring Desk –KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday that a group of men, allegedly involved in sexually assault of a teenager boy in northern Faryab province and gang rape and murder of two women in Takhar and Kunduz provinces, were arrested by police. The MoI spokesman, Sediq …

AT-KABUL: Terming Kabul’s relations with neighboring countries as the top priority of the Afghan government, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the other day that Kabul has maintained good relations with neighboring countries including India and is going towards positive direction in this regard. A statement emailed by the Presidential Palace …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After taking full control of security from international troops, the security forces kicked off a huge military operation in southern Helmand province to boost up security in its northern districts, said official on Sunday. “Around 4,000 Afghan National Army (ANA) troops have joined the operation,” said Omar …

In a major breakthrough against terrorism and militant networks, Afghanistan’s premium spy agency NDS, has nabbed several suicide bombers. The spy agency presented the thwarted bombers to the media in Kabul. The would-be suicide bombers, the youngest of whom is just 13, said they were trained at madrassas in Pakistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has said that Pakistan’s military troops and NATO forces have carried out joint military operations inside Afghanistan. Nisar in an interview with Iran’s Fars News Agency (FNA) said the other day that relations between Kabul and Islamabad have never been …