AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: To bring durable peace to the region, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) stresses on Pakistan’s sincere cooperation in war against terrorism. It said that Pakistan should destroy sanctuaries of militants in its soil. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the MoD, told Radio Azadi that the entire world knows …
Read More »Feeling the pangs; Wolesi Jirga to summon president, CEO over beheading of passengers, insecurity
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Tired of cold-shoulder response of the government on fragile security situation and growing insurgency, the Wolesi Jirga is preparing to summon President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah. Condemning beheading of the seven passengers in Zabul province, members of the Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday …
Read More »Condemning the brutes; Thousands protest before Presidential Palace, seek justice for beheaded passengers
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Thousands of angry protestors carrying coffins of seven beheaded Hazara passengers in front of the Presidential Palace sought justice for the victims. The protestors marched from Pul-e-Sukhta area to the Presidential Palace, around eight kilometers. Chanting slogans “death to the Taliban and Daesh”, “the leaders shall resign” …
Read More »Thousands take to the streets in Kabul against beheadings
KABUL: Thousands of people on Wednesday staged a protest in the capital Kabul against the beheading of seven civilians by Islamic State (IS) insurgents in southern Zabul province. The gunmen abducted the seven civilians, including four women and a child, from the Jaghori district of Ghazni about a month back. …
Read More »The botched diplomacy
Afghan officials have failed times and again to employee diplomacy properly and secure the national interests. Sometimes they ignore the protocols and most of the times they overlook importance of diplomacy in the international politics to present aspirations of Afghans. Recently, the PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) denied giving …
Read More »Govt under fire for failing to protect public
LDP condemns beheading of Hazara passengers By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Condemning the brutal killing of eight passengers by the Islamic State in Zabul province, the Labor and Development Party (LDP) said the National Unity Government (NUG) is racked by internal differences that have prevented it from acting to protect the public …
Read More »MoD promises tight security
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday assured of ramping up security within a month in the country as insecurity has been intensified recently. Dawlat Waziri, the spokesman to MoD, said that security situation will change in the next two or three weeks and recently 14 anti-militant …
Read More »Cold snap; DABS issues load-shedding schedule for Kabul city
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Due to early arrival of winter season, power supply will remain off from 5 pm to 9 pm and 5 am to 8 am in all parts of the capital city. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the national power supplying company, has developed the schedule for winter …
Read More »NDS rescues 8 Ghazni abducted passengers
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that it has rescued eight passengers, abducted by the Taliban several months ago. The NDS’s spokesman Hasibullah Seddiqi confirmed release of the passengers saying that the spy agency operatives succeeded to rescue eight passengers who were from the group of …
Read More »NDS arrests two would-be bombers in Kunar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested two teenage would-be suicide bombers in eastern Kunar province. A media statement issued by the NDS on Monday said that the spy agency has arrested two teenage suicide bombers in Kunar province. The suicide bombers were identified as Abdul Khaliq, 15, and …
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