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The United States was quick in responding to the September 11 attacks by announcing to eliminate al-Qaeda and its supporters. A series of four coordinated terror attacks on the US soil had shocked Americans and the world that was relatively peaceful before the 9/11 attacks. The US invasion of Afghanistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Pakistan called up Mahmood Khan Achakzai to clarify his remarks on the Pakistani military establishment. After deadly suicide blast in Quetta City of Balochistan, the leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Achakzai said that Pakistani intelligence agencies were spying on …

AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters reportedly executed six security personnel taken hostages in the Bakwah district of western Farah province, said officials Tuesday. These people were hanged in the Joma Bazar area Monday at around 4:00pm, said Farah Police Security Chief Mohammad Ghaws Maliar. He said that two police, three soldiers were …

AT-KABUL: A commander of Taliban insurgents was detained by Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province, ministry of interior said Tuesday in a statement. The statement added the detained Taliban insurgent commander was identified as Faizullah who was leading the special forces of the Taliban insurgents was arrested during a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Despite fierce fighting in other parts of the country, official in northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday said that security situation in eight districts of the province is under control and all highways are open for the public. Speaking to residents on his administration’s six-month performance, provincial governor …

AT-KABUL: Eighty-two Taliban fighters were killed and 64 others were wounded in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. In a press release, Ministry of Defense said the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security, conducted operations against …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Since the northern district of Dahana-e-Ghori fell to the Taliban insurgents, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) expressed preparations to retake control of the lost district, provincial officials said on Tuesday. The operation would be carried in Dahana-e-Ghori and Baghlan-e-Markazi district in near future, the …

Russian citizen Sergei Sevastyanov, released from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan on Saturday, has been sent home, the Russian Embassy in Islamabad said Tuesday. On August 4, the Mil Mi-17 helicopter crash-landed in Afghanistan when reportedly flying from Pakistan’s Peshawar to Uzbekistan’s city of Bukhara. Seven people on board, including air …

The move marks the largest single transfer of Guantanamo prisoners under Obama’s government. Fifteen Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the biggest such release for years. The Pentagon said on Monday that the transfer of 12 Yemenis and three Afghans brought the total number …

Our security policymakers who are mostly politicians with no experience of modern military tactics, are caught in difficult situation but yet they are unnerved. They are unnerved because media has no access to insecure parts of the country and cannot report on the ongoing wave of violence independently. Even if …