Latest Updates

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that three terrorists were detained in Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in apprehending three suspected terrorists in a crackdown in Kabul. The suspects were identified as Gohar Rahman, Mohammad Zakir and …

AT-KABUL: As many as 80 houses were destroyed, hundreds acres of agricultural land was damaged and dozens of animals were killed as floods wreck havoc in Shuhada district of Badakhshan province, said official. Deputy Governor of Badakhshan, Gul Mohammad Bidar, on Wednesday told media that as a result of floods, …

The direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Pakistan is a welcome step, the White House said Tuesday. “The United States welcomes talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This is an important step in advancing prospects for a credible peace,” the White House Press Secretary, …

KABUL: As part of the commitment to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, a meeting was hosted by Pakistan between the Afghan government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan representatives, a statement from the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul said on Wednesday. It said that the meeting was held in Murree …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In a bid to recover the lost money of Kabul Bank, the Attorney General Office (AGO) issued travel ban against 155 defaulters of the bank and frozen their assets. Their names were put on exit control list (ECL) after the President Ashraf Ghani’s deadline for defaulters of …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 militants have been killed in separate drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official source. A statement issued by Nangarhar police headquarters said that NATO troops conducted drone strikes against Taliban militants in Mamand Dara, Asad Khel and Mamand Lagad areas of Achin district. An …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have captured tens of villages in Faryab province recently, TOLOnews reported. Sayed Abdul Baqi Hashemi, the chairman of Faryab provincial council, said that around 60 villages in the province have fallen to the Taliban’s hands over the past two days. He added that conflicts …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban had attacked the National Directorate of Security’s (NDS) regional sub-office in the 8th police jurisdiction of Kabul City on Tuesday. Three suicide bombers had stormed the NDS’s sub-office at around 1:00pm. The first attacker detonated his motorbike, full of explosives, near the entrance of the security facility. …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has signed contracts with three foreign publishing companies to print 16 million textbooks for school students within next four months. The contracts were awarded to two Indian companies and one Vietnamese publication center. The minister for education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, signed the contracts with …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US President Barack Obama in a rare visit to the Pentagon for delivering remarks on his strategy to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said that United States would partner with nations like Afghanistan to support security forces to defeat terrorist networks. Obama while briefing …