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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that nine terrorists were arrested in Kandahar province. In a press statement the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting nine terrorists through a crackdown in Kandahar City. The terrorists were identified as Muslim Agha, Abdur Rahman, Babai, Rahmatullah, …

AT-KABUL: At least 150 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 86 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 48 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) …

AT-Kabul: At least 15 people, including three NATO personnel, were killed and 66, all civilians, were injured on Saturday in a suicide car bombing targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghan and NATO spokesmen said. The dead included three civilian contractors with the military alliance, NATO press office in Kabul …

Some harrowing pictures of the children maimed by the thousands of Taliban’s landmines planted across the country besides the landmines of the USSR, after decades of war, went viral on social media. Hundreds of thousands mines are planted in grazing fields, schools, pathways, where dozens of children are maimed and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs on Friday said that first flight carrying pilgrims from Kabul has safely landed in Medina City of Saudi Arabia. Faiz Mohammad Osmani told media the first flight left Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday night. The second flight left on Friday …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Spanish armed forces’ mission in Afghanistan is reaching its end nearly 14 years after it started. The 420 Spanish troops stationed in eastern Herat province are set to leave ahead of October 31. Once their withdrawal is complete, the only remaining Spanish presence in Afghanistan will be …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan U-19 national football team defeated Maldives in their opening match in South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championship. The national U-19 squad opened the goal of Maldives during 45th minute of the first half of the match with Masoud Habibi hitting the first goal. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said that the Afghan national security forces have performed well this year, and that his country will continue its support and advice to the Afghan government. Carter in an interview with the Foreign Affairs magazine said the Afghan security forces …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six school principals have been arrested by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in central Logar province for alleged links with the Taliban rebels, said official the other day. Quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, the deputy education director, Wazir Ahmad Momand, said the principals …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has survived an ambush by suspected Taliban fighters in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan on Friday. A group of insurgents attacked Dostum’s convoy on a remote highway in Ghormach district of Faryab province on Friday morning. Vice president’s security guards and security forces …