AT-KABUL: Minister of Finance and Mr. Yao Jing, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China signed the agreement of $72 million donation on Tuesday. The donation would be spent for housing projects in the center and provinces, government administrations complex and other priority projects of Afghanistan, said statement “China is …
Read More »71 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 71 militants were killed and 35 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 NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …
Read More »12 militants arrested on Kunduz-Khan Abad highway
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: According to local officials 12 militants have been taken into custody when they were using Kunduz-Khan Abad highway as a route to join fellow insurgents in the area who are fighting against security forces. Spokesperson of police, Mahfuzullah Akbari said, the Taliban insurgents were in a vehicle …
Read More »Taliban’s control, command center demolished
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An important control and command centre of the Taliban insurgents have been damaged irreparably during an operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, …
Read More »Editorial: Don’t complain, take action
Corruption in Afghanistan is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society. Afghanistan ranks 169 of 176 in Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption is consistently singled out as a problem in the war-hit country. It is a fact that society remained riddled with corruption. It is not simply …
Read More »Karzai praises increase of saffron cultivation
AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting with the famous saffron producer Mohammad Akbar aka Baba-e-Zaferan (father of saffron), praised him for his efforts in the increase of saffron cultivation and its quality, especially the saffron of Herat province. Karzai’s office said Monday that the ex-president said …
Read More »Afghanistan making progress in fight against corruption: UN Envoy
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan is making progress in fighting corruption amid many challenges, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan said at an anti-corruption conference co-hosted by the Afghan government and the European Union held in Kabul today said statement. “Corruption is one of the greatest challenges to restoring lasting …
Read More »Parliamentarians blame security officials with neglect in fall of Qala-e-Zal
Commander of Kunduz division should be fired, introduced to court: Ibrahimi By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament on Monday expressed deepest concerns over ramp up insecurity particularly in northern Kunduz. They termed mismanagement main factor behind fall of the district to Taliban hand. “Afghanistan …
Read More »Daesh leader killed in Nangarhar
AT News Report-KABUL: The U.S. Forces in Afghanistan confirm that Sheikh Abdul Hasib, the amir (leader) of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan was killed in a combined Afghan-U.S. raid in eastern Nangarhar on April 27. The raid conducted by Afghan Special Security …
Read More »Over 50 militants killed in Paktia
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 40 insurgents have been killed and a number of others were received injures in an airstrikes carried out by the foreign forces in Paktia province, security officials said on Monday. These militants were killed after their hideouts were targeted by air. Provincial Police Chief Abdullah Abdiyani, …
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