Hard on the heel of the deadliest blast in Shah Shaheed locality, yet Kabul is rocked by another deadliest blast. The blast, believed to be a car-bombing, has triggered alarms across the capital and it is feared AfPak ties will reach a new low. There are contrasting reports about the …
Read More »NDS foils terror bid, seizes explosives
AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a terror bid by recovering a huge amount of explosive materials. The NDS in a statement said that their operatives seized around 6,000 kilograms of explosive materials in Paktika province. The explosives were brought from South Waziristan to be used in a deadly …
Read More »Jawzjan residents stage protest against Pakistan
AT-KABUL: Thousands of residents and civil society activists of Northern Jawzjan province stage a protest demonstration against Pakistan. The protestors expressed their support to Afghan security forces and slammed the double standard policy of Pakistan towards Afghanistan. The protests come after a wave of deadly terrorist attacks in Kabul, cross-Durand …
Read More »Security forces retake control of Kohestanat district of Sar-e-Pul
AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces have retaken control of Kohistanat district of Sar-e-Pul province, said a local official. Muhammad Asef Jabarkhel, the Police Chief of Sar-e-Pul province, said that security forces in cooperation with local people regained control of the center of the province around two days ago. The entire district …
Read More »148 militants killed in Nangarhar operations
AT-KABUL: At least 148 Taliban militants have been killed in a large-scale operations launched by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province around 20 days ago, said an official source. The Commander of 201st Selab Military Corps Muhammad Zaman Waziri and Police of Chief of Nangarhar province Fazel Ahmad Sherzad …
Read More »AISA emphasizes on increased consumption of local products
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Emphasizing on promotion of the local products for economic growth, the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Saturday said that despite adequate capacities for production of goods at local level, Afghanistan is still a consumer country. Chief of the AISA claimed that annually hundreds of millions …
Read More »90pc Afghans want electoral reforms: SERC
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) on Saturday said 90 percent electorates want reforms in the country’s electoral system. In a meeting with the members of Meshrano Jirga, Chief of the SERC, Shah Sultan Aakifi, said that in meetings with the elders, civil society activists, political parties …
Read More »Nine terrorists arrested in Kandahar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that nine terrorists were arrested in Kandahar province. In a press statement the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting nine terrorists through a crackdown in Kandahar City. The terrorists were identified as Muslim Agha, Abdur Rahman, Babai, Rahmatullah, …
Read More »150 insurgents killed in crackdowns
AT-KABUL: At least 150 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 86 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 48 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 »Suicide car bombing kills 15 in Afghan capital
AT-Kabul: At least 15 people, including three NATO personnel, were killed and 66, all civilians, were injured on Saturday in a suicide car bombing targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghan and NATO spokesmen said. The dead included three civilian contractors with the military alliance, NATO press office in Kabul …
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