AT-KABUL: Five militants have been killed in a drone strike in eastern Nuristan province, said an official source. The source said that NATO troops conducted the drone strike the other day in Mardesh area of Want Waigal district of the province. The strike has targeted a hideout of militants killing …
Read More »Kandahar offensive leaves 22 militants dead
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed 22 Taliban fighters in the Maiwand district in southern Kandahar province, official said on Sunday. Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman said that anti-militants operation had conducted to the areas where militant had safe havens. Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that 22 insurgents, …
Read More »Growing insecurity, lack of development projects irk Khanshin district residents
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deterioration of law and order and lack of reconstruction projects in Khanshin district in southern Helmand province irked the residents of the province. They called on the government to address their problems as the government cannot remain unfazed by what has been happening in the area. In …
Read More »Taliban shadow district chief arrested in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that the Taliban shadow district chief for Dor Baba was arrested along with his colleagues in Nangarhar province. According to a press statement issued here, the NDS operatives detained the shadow district chief Abdul Qahar and his five comrades during …
Read More »43 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 43 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
Read More »India wants details on ISI’s role in Kabul attack
India will ask Afghanistan to share information its intelligence agency gathered about the role of the ISI of Pakistan in plotting the recent attack on the parliament in Kabul. New Delhi is keen to use the findings of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of Afghanistan to drive home the …
Read More »Special operations planned to get rid of militants: NDS
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: In a bid to assure the lawmakers of improved security in the near future, Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Rahmatullah Nabil on Saturday told Wolesi Jirga that special operations would be conducted within next six months to clear restive parts of the country from …
Read More »One policeman, two prisoners killed in traffic accident in Herat
AT-KABUL: A policeman and two prisoners have been killed when prisoners transport vehicle turned turtle in western Herat province. Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman for central hospital in the province, said that the incident took place in Pul-e-Pashtun area of the province. “As result of the incident one policeman and two prisoners …
Read More »AIHRC concerned over mounting violence against women in north
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed its deep concerns over increase in violence against women in northern Balkh, Jowzjan, Sar-e-Pul and Samangan provinces. Fawzia Nawabi, an official of the AIHRC’s office in Afghanistan’s north, voiced her concerns over increase in cases of violence against women. “In …
Read More »Taliban forcibly collect usher, zakat in Baghlan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants are collecting usher and zakat in northern Baghlan province in order to finance their war against the Afghan government. Local people said that Dand-e-Ghori, Baghlan Markazi and Borka districts of the province are currently under the Taliban’s control, where they force people into paying …
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