The government is engaged in a bloody conflict with the armed opposition groups especially the Taliban for more than a decade and half just after the group was toppled from power in a US-led international invasion. Since that time, our country has experienced severe casualties and destruction. Districts and even …
Read More »51 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and 34 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 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) personal has conducted …
Read More »Mohaqqeq expects Loya Jirga would solve problems
AT-KABUL: Mohammad Mohaqqeq, deputy chief executive and a jihadi commander expects two options would save the country if the political situation is worsening. “If the government does not accept reforms in its policies and acts, the people’s dissatisfaction will increase,” he said. “In this regard, an interim administration would be …
Read More »Editorial: What a brutality
How worse it is to learn that children since longtime have been trained to fight and plant Improvised Explosives Device (IED) by Taliban insurgents—a group claiming to be adherent of Islam. Deadly attack such as carrying suicides is the most awful and forbidden act. Islam teaches us love, friendship, honesty, …
Read More »Paktika clashes leaves 11 Taliban dead
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Eleven Taliban insurgents have been killed and half a dozen others received injures in a clash with Afghan security forces in Gomal district of southeast Paktika province, officials said on Wednesday. Border Police Commander in Gomal, Raz Mohammad Tofan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the clash broke …
Read More »Operation kicks off to recapture Mirza-Olang
235 trapped civilians rescued from Taliban, Daesh captivity in Sar-e-Pul By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A large army combatant convoy arrived in Sayyad district of Sar-e-Pul province to recapture the Mirza–Olang village that fell to Taliban and Daesh on Saturday. “The big combatant convoy of 209 Shaheen army corps reached to Sayad …
Read More »Unknown armed men kill two female employees of Bagram airbase
AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men attacked the female employees of the US-administered Bagram military airbase, killing two Afghan female employees and wounding two others, said officials. “Two armed men riding motorbike opened fire at female employees of Bagram airbase in Parwan, which as result two of the employees killed and two …
Read More »Editorial: Out of ground reality
It is time for the Afghan government to strongly react to a statement made by former Blackwater CEO, Erik Prince that Taliban or Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorists, would raise their battle flag over the US embassy in six months or a year, if forces pull out …
Read More »235 civilians rescued from Taliban, Daesh captivity in Sar-e-Pol
By Mohammad Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: At least 235 civilians were rescued from Taliban and Daesh captivity today afternoon, who had been trapped in Mirza-Olang village of Sayad district of Sar-e-Pol province, after it fall to the militants Saturday, officials said. The villagers, mostly children, women and elderly people, who spent four …
Read More »President vows to avenge Sar-i-Pul massacre
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday vowed to avenge the massacre of innocent people in the Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Addressing a gathering on anti-corruption drive, the president offered his condolences to the bereaved families and said the enemy of the country once again showed …
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