We have a big policing problem in Kabul. It is as if law enforcement agencies are in hibernation as criminals and thieves are exulting in their unbridled freedom in absence of rule of law. Crime and mayhem has crept in every nook and cranny of Kabul. The city has become …
Read More »20 members of uprising forces defect to Taliban
AT News KABUL: At least 20 public uprising forces have joined the Taliban rank in Khwahan district of northern Badakhshan province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Sanaullah Rohani on Saturday said that the Taliban have staged attacks on the security checkpoints in Howz area of Khwahan district. According to him, 20 public …
Read More »Police plans ‘systematic’ crackdown on crime amid lingering woes
Seyed Seddiq Hussainy KABUL: Kabul police has begun a systematic and vigorous crackdown against criminals, introducing new unprecedented measures aimed at driving down spiraling crime in Kabul city. The new approach focuses more vigilance on the streets, increases the use of stop and search and incarcerates more offenders and criminals. …
Read More »NDS arrests 10 ISIS terrorists behind attack on Vice President
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said ten terrorists with ISIS and Haqqani links were detained on suspicion of planning a recent attack on First Vice President Amrullah Saleh. According to the NDS, the perpetrators are affiliated to Daesh and Haqqani terrorist groups, who had masterminded and executed …
Read More »US withdrawal plans unnerve Abdullah
AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation expresses concerns over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying that the pullout ahead of peace would affect the situation in the war-hit country. He emphasized on Saturday that Afghans should be ready for the US drawdown and …
Read More »Seven civilians killed in twin mine blasts
AT News KABUL: Seven civilians were killed in twin roadside mine blasts in southern Helmand and western Herat provinces. 20 others were wounded after their vehicles they were traveling in hit these mines. In the first incident, a 404 model bus hit a roadside mine planted by the Taliban rebels …
Read More »Taliban commander along two militants killed before entering to Kabul
AT News KABUL: A key Taliban commander and his two acquaintances were killed by the Afghan security forces before entering to Kabul, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Tariq Arian, Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said that the notorious Taliban commander, Awal Khan, was killed while he was heading …
Read More »Afghan forces rescue 43 from Taliban captivity
AT News KABUL: 43 captives, including members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and civilians, were freed from a Taliban prison in Shah Joy district of Zabul province in a military sting conducted by the Afghan National Army. 20 of the released captives including four civilians were …
Read More »Editorial: Idle scrutiny
Afghanistan and the U.S. are not darling to each other, but the U.S. will not withdraw from Afghanistan, once a top official had said. But Afghanistan, with its enormous tensions, needs to set its own house in order or at least to refrain from provocative remarks that bedevil the most …
Read More »NATO to ponder mission in Afghanistan amid US whirlwind pullout plans
AT News KABUL: The NATO has said they will consult on the future of their mission in Afghanistan and will decided together on when to leave Afghanistan as US President Donald Trump said to bring home all the remaining troops by Charismas NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg repeated the alliance’s …
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