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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday assured of ramping up security within a month in the country as insecurity has been intensified recently. Dawlat Waziri, the spokesman to MoD, said that security situation will change in the next two or three weeks and recently 14 anti-militant …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Kabul residents took out to the street to give vent to their anger against the beheading of seven civilians by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, in southern Zabul province. Condemning the beheading of civilians, they gathered in Zarnigar Park in Kabul. They …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Due to early arrival of winter season, power supply will remain off from 5 pm to 9 pm and 5 am to 8 am in all parts of the capital city. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the national power supplying company, has developed the schedule for winter …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that it has rescued eight passengers, abducted by the Taliban several months ago. The NDS’s spokesman Hasibullah Seddiqi confirmed release of the passengers saying that the spy agency operatives succeeded to rescue eight passengers who were from the group of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Central Secretary Information of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led provincial government for not providing the official protocol to the Afghan legislators and ministers. The PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not allowed opening of the Official Guest House for a group …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested two teenage would-be suicide bombers in eastern Kunar province. A media statement issued by the NDS on Monday said that the spy agency has arrested two teenage suicide bombers in Kunar province. The suicide bombers were identified as Abdul Khaliq, 15, and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Urging the Pakistani civilian political leadership and military establishment to normalize ties with Afghanistan and extend support to Kabul in fight against terrorism, President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan said that Pakistan would also suffer if Afghanistan descends into destabilization. Addressing the National …

President Ashraf Ghani condemned on Monday the gruesome beheadings of seven Hazaras in Zabul, a southeastern province, plagued by rivalries between the Islamic State and the Taliban militants.  The decapitated bodies of four men, two women and a child were found late on Saturday in the Arghandab district of Zabul …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants executed eight Islamic State (IS) fighters for alleged involvement in beheading of seven hostages in southern Zabul province, said a local official. Daesh fighters beheaded seven hostages in Arghandab district of Zabul province recently, who were abducted two months ago. Three men and four …

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan has invited Indian External Minister, Sushma Swaraj, to attend a crucial regional conference on Afghanistan in Islamabad next month. An English language daily in Pakistan, The Express Tribune, quoted a senior Pakistani foreigner official as saying: “A formal invitation has been sent to India and …