By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Tribal elders and political leaders of Afghanistan’s Turk ethnicity say they would not support the National Unity Government anymore, calling on the government to convene Traditional Loya Jirga to solve the current political problems. Former minister of mines and the leader of Turk ethnicity Wahidullah Shahrani said …
Read More »Haqqani-linked terrorists arrested in Khost
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that two terrorists having links with the Haqqani terrorist network were arrested in the eastern Khost province. In a press statement, the NDS said that arrested two terrorists (suicide bomber and organizer) while they planning to carry out suicide attack …
Read More »Stop harassment of Afghan refugees: ANP
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Awami National Party (ANP), led by a Pashtun-nationalist politician Asfandyar Wali Khan, has called for an immediate end to the harassment of Afghan refugees in different parts of Pakistan. At a meeting of ANP’s Central General Council, chaired by Asfandyar Wali Khan, the party leader stressed the …
Read More »86 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 86 Taliban insurgents were killed and four others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Wednesday. “The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security operatives, …
Read More »Women’s rights activists want international support in Brussels conference
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Women Network said it has drafted the women’s demands to present in the Brussels conference to seek support for their rights. “As we are at the eve of the Brussels conference, we collected women’s demands from 21 provinces there,” head of the network Hasina Safi said …
Read More »UAE to aid six billion dollars for Afghan infrastructure projects
AT-KABUL: The United Arab Emirates has promised to donate six billion dollars for the infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a government official said Tuesday. “About $5-6 billion will be donated by the United Arab Emirates, all in infrastructure projects,” Ali Ahmad Osmani, minister of water and energy told reporters, adding that …
Read More »Top Taliban commander killed in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: A key commander for the Taliban fighters was killed in a clash with security forces in the southeastern province of Ghazni, ministry of interior said Tuesday. It added in a statement that a group of Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoint in the Panah localities of the province late Monday. …
Read More »Government to investigate Uruzgan bombing
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A delegation has been assigned to probe bombings, allegedly carried out by foreign forces against a police checkpoint in southern province of Uruzgan, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement. According to the statement issued Tuesday, the delegation will report back to the ministry. According to …
Read More »Some 70 insurgents killed in operations
AT-KABUL: At least 68 Taliban insurgents including forty-two Daesh terrorists group were killed and twenty-one others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Tuesday. “The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the …
Read More »37 Daesh, al-Qaeda fighters killed by security forces
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that 37 Daesh and al-Qaeda fighters were killed during operations conducted by intelligence forces across the country in the past one week. Intelligence operatives with the cooperation of the NATO-led Resolute Support troops conducted operations against Daesh and al-Qaeda fighters in Nangarhar, …
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