AT-KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist have beheaded three brothers, all of them doctors, in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said the brothers were guillotine in Chaparhar district of the province. “It was around 02:00am local …
Read More »Editorial: World Earth Day
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, and has ever since been an annual event. The person credited for organizing the event 48 years ago was a US Senator Gaylord Nelson. He rallied the support of millions of Americans who demonstrated in across different cities in the …
Read More »Drugs worth $12.6m seized
AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Operations Forces have seized Taliban drugs worth around 12.6 million US dollars as joint Afghan-US operations is underway to eliminate the key financial resource of the group coming from drugs trade. According to a report by the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, Afghanistan’s 777th Special Mission Wing …
Read More »Death toll from Kabul bombing jumps to 69
AT-KABUL: The fatality of Sunday deadly suicide bombing has jumped to 69 martyred, including two policemen, and to120 injuries, including five policemen, a police official said on Monday. A suicide bomber loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist, blew himself up near to a people waiting …
Read More »17 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL:At least 17 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS) or the Daesh terrorists have been killed during operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said on Monday. “Thesemilitants were killed in Gorgari area of Haska Mina district,” Nangarhar …
Read More »Karzai slams Kabul bombing
AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a voter registration center on Sunday in Kabul that left 48 dead and 112 wounded. He extended his heartfelt condolences to families of the victims. “These cowardly attacks are solely intended to undermine our civil liberties and wreak havoc …
Read More »Six dead in Baghlan roadside blast
AT-KABUL: At least six civilians were killed and three others wounded on Sunday morning after a roadside mine blew up a vehicle in northern Baghlan province. No terrorist group has taken responsibility for the blast. “A passenger car heading towards a funeral ritual exploded after hitting a roadside bomb in …
Read More »$70m pacts signed to boost Bamyan electricity
AT-KABUL: The government’s electricity firm signed three contracts worth more than $70 million to implement power projects in central Bamyan province. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat signed the contracts with Chineseand Indian firms during a ceremony in the presence of president Ghani. According to a deputy presidential spokesperson,DuraniWaziri,the first contract was …
Read More »Editorial: Secure voter-registration centers
From the time when Independent Election Commission (IEC) kicked off registration process, security was the biggest headache for the Afghan masses, even IEC showed concern, asking the security institutions for fully security measurement. Over the next two months, as many as 14 million adults at more than 7,000 registration centers …
Read More »Suicide bomber killed 57, injured 119 people outside voters registration center in Kabul
AT-KABUL- (Updated with latest toll)A suicide bomber Sunday morning hit a crowd of people outside a voter registration center in western Kabul in which 57 people including women and children were killed and 119 others were injured, officials said. The suicide bomber on foot approached a voter registration center in …
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