AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party head, Mahmood Khan Achakzai openly announced their parties support to the Pashtun long march in Islamabad. Following the extra judicial killing of Naqeeb Mahsood on 13 January in a fake police encounter in …
Read More »Noor accuses govt of jihadi figures dismissal
AT-KABUL: Ousted governor for the northern province of Balkh, Atta Mohammad Noor, accused the government of ousting the jihadi figures from their position particularly in the military. “About 80 per cent of the army general who were forced to retire are jihadi people,” Noor said, referring to President Ghani’s recent …
Read More »New US forces air campaign expands to the north of Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: The United States Forces-Afghanistan launched a series of precision strikes in northern Afghanistan in a direct effort to destroy insurgents’ revenue sources, training facilities, and support networks. A press statement issued by the US-Forces Afghanistan, said that over the past 96 hours, U.S. forces conducted air operations to strike …
Read More »Seven high ranking officers sacked in connection to army battalion attack
AT-KABUL: Seven high ranking army officers were fired by President Ashraf Ghani due to professional negligence in connection to the recent attack on 111 army battalion in Kabul. Based on president Ghani’s order, an assigned delegation after assessment of the attack over 111 army battalion made decision to sack seven …
Read More »Editorial: Kabul Security Plan
Presidential Palace in a statement has informed about a new security plan for capital Kabul to be functionalized in the near days. A task has been assigned to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to prepare the plan and it will be implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Defense and …
Read More »35 insurgents killed in military operations
AT-KABUL: At least 35 militants were killed and 13 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security force in different parts of the country within the past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …
Read More »Karzai calls on Pakistan to stop Afghan shelling
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned rocket attacks on the villages in the eastern province of Kunar, calling on Islamabad to “immediately stop” the attacks. Pakistani army fired 180 rockets on the Dangam district Saturday night, reportedly injuring four civilians including a woman and two children. Karzai slammed the …
Read More »Police arrests three suspects over Takhar Kangaroo court incident
AT-KABUL: Police arrested three people in connection to Takhar Kangaroo court incident. “Police arrested three people directly linked to the lashing and beaten of a woman in Chah-e- Aab district of northern Takhar province,” said Ministry of Interior Spokesman Najib Danish. He said that Uncle of the beaten women Hamidullah, …
Read More »Retirees condemn pension delays
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabir, 70, spends his days in Kabul’s finance ministry trying to access an entire year of pension payments that he is owed. The former officer at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said, “I worked for 40 years to protect the stability and security of my country …
Read More »Editorial: Pakistan helps Afghanistan with shelling villages
Pakistani army resumed rocket attacks on the eastern areas of Afghanistan after a lull. The artillery based in the tribal areas just across the Durand Line fired nearly 200 rockets on four villages of the Dangam district in the bordering province of Kunar. According to local officials, the rockets struck …
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