By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan government will call on Warsaw summit to bring pressure on Pakistan to take right decision in anti-terror war in the country. The upcoming NATO summit is to be held in early July in Warsaw. “It will be impossible not to point at Pakistan’s role when you …
Read More »Senior security officials under probe over Kabul attack
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 10 senior security officials of the Ministry of Interior were under investigation over deadly Thursday attack in the capital Kabul in which dozens of newly trained police cadets were killed and wounded. Sources in the Ministry of Interior said that these officials are under investigation …
Read More »Taliban bomb making factory busted in Balkh
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that Taliban’s bomb making facility was busted in northern Balkh province. Intelligence operatives succeeded to discover and bust Taliban’s mine production center through a crackdown in Robat village of Chemtal district in Balkh province, said NDS. Twomine makers were also …
Read More »121 drug traffickers arrested
AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Sunday said that 121 drug runners were arrested in the first quarter of solar year, said officials. Counter Narcotics Police apprehended 117 smugglers through different crackdown in various provinces in the first quarter of this year, said CJTF. After primary investigation the detained …
Read More »China’s first military aid package delivered to Afghanistan
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chain’s first military shipment aid reached to Afghanistan on Sunday and was formally delivered to government in Kabul military airport. The package included transport equipment for the Afghan security forces and ammunition for light weapons. “Following mutual agreement, this is the first Chines military package donates for …
Read More »85 insurgents killed in operations
AT-KABUL: Eighty five Taliban fighters were killed and 17 others were woundedin different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted joint operations …
Read More »Security posts recaptured from Taliban in Wardak
AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces recaptured a number of their security posts from insurgents in Jalrez district of central Wardak province, provincial officials said. These security posts were fallen to the Taliban during their complex attack around two days ago, local officials said. “These security posts secured during a clearance …
Read More »Afghanistan agrees over extended credit facility
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Finance announced that government of Afghanistan had reached a three-year agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Finance Ministry in statement said this agreement comes after a successful nine-month Staff Monitored Program, which was completed in April 2016. Under …
Read More »Influential Taliban commander killed in Peshawar
PESHAWAR—A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban group was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen in Peshawar city of Pakistan. According to reports, the incident took place in Nasir Bagh Road and the Taliban leader has been identified as Qari Syed Murad. The gunmen reportedly opened fire on Qari Murad …
Read More »Wolesi Jirga accuses security officials of negligence
AT-KABUL: The lawmakers on Saturday accused the senior security officials of negligence in the projection of cadets targeted Thursday by the terrorist attacks in Kabul. Speaker of Wolesi Jirga Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said that security officials neglected in secure transporting of the newly graduated policemen from Wardak’s military training to …
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