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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Some illegal armed men belonging to Mafias have gunned down four brothers and wounded the fifth one over rejecting forcibly collection of Usher (10% of the harvest) in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Zahir Niyazai, Khanabad police chief, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Member of the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday strongly condemned Iranian President’s remarks regarding Afghanistan’s water and construction of dams, terming it a clear sign of interference in internal affairs of Afghanistan. They called on the government to summon Iranian ambassador in …

AT-KABUL: At least 58 Taliban insurgents have been killed, and 33 others wounding during air and ground operations in Northern Kunduz province in the past 24 hours, security official said. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense said “Afghan commandos have conducted air and ground operations against insurgents in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four policemen have been killed when a police ranger struck with a roadside bomb in Farah province, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial governor spokesperson, Naser Mahri, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident was occurred when a police ranger pick-up was heading from Jowin …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two rockets fired from an unknown location were landed in Niazbig area of the capital Kabul on Wednesday, in which a woman and a child have been killed and another woman sustained injuries, an official said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the 101 Police Asmayee Zone, told Pajhwok …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that the number of the army’s Special Forces would increase double in order to rebuff threats in the country. Army Special Forces is a well-trained and capable force, which has run different operation against insurgents successful as well as repelled threats and terrorist …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Hugo LIorens has emphasized on severe punishment for corrupt individuals, terming it a cancer killing the Afghan people. The ambassador said it while addressing to the participants of a gathering at the US Embassy here at Kabul on Monday, marking the 241st …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that a Taliban commander heading a militant group of 20 rebels has been detained in Kabul, the capital city. According to a statement issued by NDS, the Taliban commander, Abdur Rahim, aka Maiwand was taken into custody in the fifth …

AT-KABUL: AT least 29 Taliban insurgent have renounced violence through joining the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process in western Farah and Central Uruzgan provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement on Tuesday. “A group of 18 armed Taliban insurgents renounced violence and surrendered to Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four members of a single family have been killed after their vehicle struck with a roadside bomb in Pushtrod district of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Provencal Police Spokesperson, Iqbal Bahir said that a car from Khaki Safid district carrying an ill person to …