AT News Report-KABUL: Alexander Mantytskiy, ambassador of Russian Federation to Kabul in a meeting with former president Hamid Karzai, informed him of the recent meeting held in Moscow on Afghanistan. The meeting participated by delegates from Iran, India, Pakistan and Russia, discussed ways to bring peace to Afghanistan. “Karzai appreciated …
Read More »28 insurgents killed in raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 28 militants have been killed and 19 others were received injuries in different crackdowns in the past 24 hours, security official said. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police …
Read More »94 Daesh fighters killed in Nangarhar bombing
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Ninety-four Islamic State (IS) fighters, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group have been killed in Thursday evening bombing of GBU43/B, by US forces in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Governor spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that …
Read More »11 civilians killed in Helmand blast
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least eleven civilians, including children, were killed in a roadside blast in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Saturday. Muhammad Rasul Zazi, spokesman for 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the blast occurred in the Mullah Abbas village of …
Read More »US to turn Afghanistan into its nuclear weapons polygon: Analyst
AT News Report-KABUL: The United States is to turn Afghanistan into a polygon for testing its nuclear and other deadly weapons, said a political and military analyst. The Thursday’s US aerial attack on a village in Nangarhar province that a 10-ton non-nuclear bomb was apparently dropped on the caves of …
Read More »US tests destruction bomb ever: Snowden
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative has said that the hideouts of the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group in Nangarhar province, which bombarded by US forces recently, were once constructed by the US itself during the Afghan war. Edward Joseph …
Read More »Fresh offensive kicks off to eliminate militants in Kunduz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A wide-range military operation, codenamed Khalid-1 has been launched against terrorist outfits in northern Kunduz province, local officials said on Friday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Hameed Hamidi told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation has been jointly launched by security forces from Kunduz City, the provincial capital. …
Read More »Zakhilwal denounces US bombing
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Government’s envoy to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal on Friday denounced dropping of world largest non-nuclear bomb in eastern Nangarhar province. He strongly condemned the bombing in the strongest possible terms. In his social media account, Zakhilwal termed the bombing of mother of bombs as reprehensible and counterproductive. “I …
Read More »Some 1,000 suspect criminals detained in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Provincial officials of eastern Nangarhar province have said that at least 951 have been detained over various crimes last year across the province, provincial officials said. Provincial Police Spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News 596 criminal cases were registered last year at the police headquarters. …
Read More »MOAB attack: Condemnation, praise over massive bombing
Afghanistan shouldn’t be a ‘testing ground for new and dangerous weapons’ Hamid Karzai says after US drops mega-bomb. Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has condemned the US military’s deployment of the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, saying Afghanistan shouldn’t be used as a “testing ground” for weapons. The …
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