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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A member of Sar-e-Pul provincial council expressed his deep concerns over mounting insecurity in the province. He alleged that all the operations conducted by Afghan security forces in the province didn’t yield any tangible result. Assadullah Khoram told Azadi Radio that Afghan security forces didn’t have any …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Terming the Monday’s attack on Parliament a venture of regional spy agencies, the Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday asked the National Unity Government (NUG) to trace the invisible actors behind the attack. Annoyed at the terror attack, the lawmakers said that access of the terrorists to the gate …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Tuesday signed contracts with different community development councils to implement 66 agricultural and irrigation projects in 10 different provinces. The total cost of projects has been estimated around Afs193 million. The Asian Development Bank pledged to fund 50 projects. MRRD …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) on Tuesday said that taking the existing challenges into account, Afghanistan national drugs’ control strategy would be revised within next 100-day. Briefing news reporters on the 100-day action plan, the minister Salamat Azimi said that MoCN in collaboration with other relevant bodies …

AT-KABUL: At least 14 armed Taliban fighters were killed and eight others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced terrorist attack on parliament, said a statement from his office on Monday. Six suicide attackers stormed parliament on Monday. The coordinated attack of the Taliban ended with all attackers killed after several hours of fighting. However, he shows confidence in the security forces as …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations (UN) urged President Ashraf Ghani to specify the exact date of upcoming parliamentary elections. The UN leadership in Afghanistan hold meeting with President Ghani the other day to discuss parliamentary elections. The two sides discussed different issues regarding the elections including electoral reforms as …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dasht-e-Archi district of northeastern Kunduz province has fallen to the Taliban, said an official in the district. Dasht-e-Archi district chief, Nasiruddin Saadi, confirmed that the district has fallen under the Taliban’s control around 8:00 am on Monday. This is the second district of Afghanistan that has fallen …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Taliban assaulted the Parliament on Monday just as parliamentarians were convening for their third attempt to cast their vote of confidence for a defense minister. A suicide bomber exploded himself up behind the gate of the Parliament when Masoom Stanikzai, was going to be officially introduced …

AT-KABUL: The Chairman of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil, apologized to two lecturers, whose heads were shaved for allegedly taking bribes. The two lecturers were detained by NDS operatives and their heads were shaved as punishment by Ghazni Attorney General Office (AGO) officials. A statement issued by the …