AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have gunned down a female polio worker and injured another in southern Kandahar province, said officials on Monday. According to the provincial governor’s spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, the incident took place on Monday morning in the fourth police jurisdiction of Kandahar city, the provincial capital. He …
Read More »Air strikes kill 68 Daesh fighters in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: At least 68 Daesh fighters have been killed and four others wounded in military operation of Afghan air force in eastern Nangarhar province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor office, said that Afghan air force targeted Daesh fighters in various areas of Achin and Chaparhar districts of the …
Read More »Afghanistan create history, break into ICC top 10 ODI rankings
In a historic moment, Afghanistan have for the first time managed to break into the top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s ODI Rankings since they began playing this format. Afghanistan rose two places and jumped to best-ever 10th place after their victory over Zimbabwe in the first of the …
Read More »Govt to rehabilitate 350 addicts in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and other organizations rounded up as many as 350 drug addicts in Kabul. The MoPH in a joint venture with Ministry of Counternarcotics, the MoI, Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs …
Read More »Drug addiction gets foothold in Balkh: Official
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Number of drug addicts has soared in northern Balkh province, said a local official on Sunday. The director of Balkh counternarcotics department, Abdul Rahim Oghli, while talking to Azadi Radio expressed his deep concerns over lack of drug addicts’ rehabilitation centers in the province and said that …
Read More »Elders warn of protest as insecurity plagues Nangarhar
AT-JALALABAD: Shinwari tribal elders warned to stage protests, if the government failed to clear their respective areas of militants. Religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in Nangarhar on Sunday to discuss security situation in eastern Afghanistan. Malik Osman, a Shinwari tribal elder, said that they waited for the government to …
Read More »Taliban kill six members of a family in Kunar
AT-KABUL: Police Chief of eastern Kunar province, Abdul Habib Sayedkhil, said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgents have killed six member of a family in Barikot village of Nari district. Sayedkhil said that the Taliban militants entered into a house in the Barikot village of Nari district last night and …
Read More »Daesh radio still broadcasts propaganda messages: Nai
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan expressed its deep concerns over continued broadcast of propaganda messages by the Sadai Khilafat Radio (Voice of Caliphate) in Nangarhar province and urged the government for immediate block of the radio signals. Recently, the Middle Eastern militant group has established a …
Read More »89 insurgents renounce violence in Ghor
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A large number of militants have renounced violence and joined the Afghan-owned peace process in the western Ghor province, officials said on Sunday. A group of 89 insurgents has reintegrated into the civil society by laying down their arms. They also handed over 80 weapons, including machineguns, …
Read More »Security forces battle for Ghormach district
AT-KABUL: The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) had launched an offensive to retake Ghormach district of Faryab province from the Taliban insurgents, sources said on Saturday. Security forces had launched the operation to clear the district of insurgents. Tens of Taliban fighters were killed and several others wounded during the …
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