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MP claims that a container of weapons transferred to Daesh in Nangarhar By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Wednesday expressed deepest concern over increasing of Daesh (Islamic State) fighters and its threats in eastern Nangarhar and some other provinces. They said that despite …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Human Rights Watch has called on the European nations to temporarily stop deportation of Afghan refugees as Afghanistan is not yet safe where a teen Afghan was killed in a suicide attack less than a week after being deported by Sweden, AFP reported. The killed teen …

AT-KABUL: The protestors to the government policies called ‘Uprising for Change’ removed six tents installed on the major roads of Kabul city on Tuesday. Following recent attack in Kabul hundreds of demonstrators came out to the streets of Kabul city on last Friday in a bid to march on the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A murderer joined the Taliban militant group after a brutal killing of his wife through pickaxe in northern Sar-e-Pul province, the women’s affairs department said on Tuesday. Naseema Arzo, the women’s affairs director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the shocking incident happened on Sunday afternoon in Nawabad Chashmai …

AT-KABUL: A political party has called for the holding of the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly), claiming the assembly would be the only way to solve what it calls the “current crisis”. The New Foundation for Afghanistan party believes that people only want to save from misery, put an end to …

AT-KABUL: Over 90 armed insurgents killed during joint operation across the country within past 24 hours. Ministry of Interior in a statement said that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces launched nine Counter-Terrorism joint operations in Dara-e-Sof district of Samangan, Tagab district of Badakhshan, Mosahi district of Kabul, Chaparhar district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A violent clash between police forces and Taliban has resulted in killing of seven militants and one policeman in southern Paktia province, police said on Tuesday. Deputy police Chief, Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai has been quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News as saying that Taliban insurgents launched an …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said that three armed Taliban including a Taliban shadow chief arrested during operation in northern Baghlan province. MoI in a statement said that “today early morning, three armed Taliban including a Taliban shadow district governor for Khost Fareeng district of Baghlan province arrested …

AT-Kabul: A new positive case of polio was diagnosed in the Nawzad district of Helmand province, according to health officials, the fourth case this year in the country. It is the second case from Helmand since the beginning of 2017. So far in 2017 there have been four cases of …

AT-KABUL: Following the recent attack and violence during protest Attorney General Office (AGO) has suspended Kabul Garrison Chiefs and Kabul Police Chief. “The AGO after a transparent investigation in connection to the recent incident in Kabul  made decision to suspend Kabul police chief, and the Kabul garrison commander, said AGO …