AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Iranian Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei said on his twitter account on Saturday evening that from now onward no Afghan children should be deprived of education in Iran—a country that barred Afghan children from going to school. Iran’s second and current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei said all …
Read More »66 insurgents killed: NDS
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that 66 insurgents were killed and 52 others wounded during a series of operations its operatives conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. Afghan intelligence forces conducted seven special operations, seven airstrike and 12 joint operations in different …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian killings by US soldiers
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the US special forces’ operation in which three people in Nangarhar province. An employee for the presidential guard unit, an agent of the intelligence agency and a provincial custom office employee were killed in an operation launched by the US special forces in …
Read More »Foreigners among 31 insurgents killed in Ghazni
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 31 Taliban militants were killed during overnight airstrikes carried out by the Afghan Air Force in Nawa and Awghaz districts of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, spokesperson for the 203rd Thunder Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Afghan …
Read More »US to donate 6,576 Humvee vehicles to Afghan forces
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An Indiana-based US firm has received a $45.9 million contract for the procurement of 6,576 high mobility multipurpose-wheeled vehicles to hand over to the Afghan national defense and security forces. The contract was announced on Thursday by the Department of Defense. A news item on the manufacturer’s …
Read More »‘20 cases registered in violence against reporters’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: 20 violence causes against journalists have been reported in the Journalists Safety Committee, officials said on Saturday. Briefing newsmen, officials of Ministry of Information and Culture and Journalists Safety Committee said that they have registered 20 violence cases against reporters in the past one month. The committee …
Read More »Editorial: Matter of sovereignty
The Afghan people are very much sensitive when it comes to the matter of sovereignty, and there is no compromise in it even at the cost of lives. We are a sovereign state and our sovereignty is globally recognized. No argument stands in this regard, but what hurts us is …
Read More »2017-Shpageeza Cricket League ends peacefully: Dragons won the championship
By Mohammad Qahir Zamani: Afghanistan’s 2017 domestic T-20 Cricket League, Shpageeza, ended peacefully Friday, with Band-e-Amir Dragons winning the championship in final game by beating the Mis Ainak Knights by 4 runs, with last ball, bowled by oversee player, TL Chatara of Zimbabwe. In the final match, played in Kabul …
Read More »12 Taliban killed, 17 wounded in Kunduz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A dozen of Taliban insurgents have been killed and 17 others sustained injuries during an hours-long gun-battle with security forces in northern Kunduz province, security official said on Friday. The Taliban militants launched an offensive against security posts in Gul Block and Takhta area of Dasht-i-Archi district …
Read More »2 children killed, 3 wounded in Pakistani shelling
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least two children have been killed, and three others sustained injuries as a result of mortar shelling by Pakistani forces into the eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The notorious Pakistan forces fired more than 37 mortars into Spinajai, Sapo, Mastal Kandaw, Darosar and Babil villages …
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