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AT-KABUL: At least 75 Taliban insurgents were killed and 26 others injured in different operations launched by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Saturday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that the Afghan National Army with the cooperation …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein announced in a media release the other day that Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers have completed airstrikes against targets in Afghanistan for the first time in ten years. He stated, “We got the B-52 back in the …

AT Special Report-KABUL: Afghans will celebrate 97th Independence Day on Thursday with great zeal. However, it also poses some basic questions such as: Are we independent? Where do we stand since independence in 1919? We all know the answers but prefer to dodge ourselves because we are good at running …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Air Force (AAF) is playing a very significant role in suppressing the anti-government armed elements across the country, a security official said. Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said the intentional community is paying more attention toward rehabilitation of the Afghan Air Force. “This …

AT Special Report-KABUL: Afghans, both inside and outside of Afghanistan, celebrated the 97th Independence on Thursday with great zeal. However, we have not pondered what really independence is. Neither we are politically independent nor economically. Even we cannot think independently. The country will become independent when we are free from …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Pakistan called up Mahmood Khan Achakzai to clarify his remarks on the Pakistani military establishment. After deadly suicide blast in Quetta City of Balochistan, the leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Achakzai said that Pakistani intelligence agencies were spying on …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Tuesday its operatives arrested three loyalists terrorist of Daesh (Islamic States of Iraq and Syria) eastern Nangarhar province. A statement issued by NDS said the arrested terrorists were identified as Husian S/O Imamuldian, Zakir S/O Mohasal Khan, Abdul Qayom S/O Abdul Rahim. …

AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters reportedly executed six security personnel taken hostages in the Bakwah district of western Farah province, said officials Tuesday. These people were hanged in the Joma Bazar area Monday at around 4:00pm, said Farah Police Security Chief Mohammad Ghaws Maliar. He said that two police, three soldiers were …

AT-KABUL: A commander of Taliban insurgents was detained by Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province, ministry of interior said Tuesday in a statement. The statement added the detained Taliban insurgent commander was identified as Faizullah who was leading the special forces of the Taliban insurgents was arrested during a …

AT-KABUL: Eighty-two Taliban fighters were killed and 64 others were wounded in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. In a press release, Ministry of Defense said the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security, conducted operations against …