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AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men attacked the female employees of the US-administered Bagram military airbase, killing two Afghan female employees and wounding two others, said officials. “Two armed men riding motorbike opened fire at female employees of Bagram airbase in Parwan, which as result two of the employees killed and two …

By Mohammad Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: At least 235 civilians were rescued from Taliban and Daesh captivity today afternoon, who had been trapped in Mirza-Olang village of Sayad district of Sar-e-Pol province, after it fall to the militants Saturday, officials said. The villagers, mostly children, women and elderly people, who spent four …

AT Monitoring Desk-PUL-I-ALAM: The Taliban have ordered stopped work on some development projects in Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, residents complained on Tuesday, a claim the insurgents confirmed. A tribal elder in the district, Siraj Ahmad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that reconstruction work on the Sorkhab-Pul-i-Kandahari, Dehno-Pul-i-Kandahari and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday vowed to avenge the massacre of innocent people in the Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Addressing a gathering on anti-corruption drive, the president offered his condolences to the bereaved families and said the enemy of the country once again showed …

AT-KABUL: A number of senators delivered the package of Loya Jirga suggestion to President Ashraf Ghani, a demand to solve the current problems. The senators have asked the president to make serious measures on the holding of the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly). The suggestion is delivered to president at a …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the mass killing of civilians by the anti-government armed groups in the Mirza Olang village of Sar-e-Pul province, calling it an “inhumane” act and against all Islamic orders. Over 50 civilians were reportedly shot dead and decapitated by Taliban and Daesh terrorist fighters …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have shot dead two would-be suicide bombers in the Taqab district of central Kapisa province, a military statement said on Tuesday. The 201st Selab Military Cops said that the suicide attackers on motorcycles wanted to target security forces in the district on Monday …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabul police have detained two people in connection with the murder of five children from a single family in Kabul city, official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Salim Almas, crime branch chief for the 101st Asmaee zone, said in a post on his Facebook account that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) during an operation arrested a suspected along with his guide in western Herat province, detainee might be suicide bomber, an official said on Monday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News NDS personnel took into custody the …

AT-KBAUL: At least 45 Taliban and Daesh fighters were killed during an operation launched by the intelligence operatives in different provinces in the past 24 hours. A press statement issued by National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that its operatives succeeded to kill 38 Taliban and 7 Daesh in different …