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AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s premier spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has arrested five dreaded Taliban fighters in Nimroz province. According to a press statement issued here on Saturday, the intelligence agency’s operatives busted the five-member group which was involved in multiple terror and subversive activities. They confessed killing a …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan-Turk High School in Kabul has started distribution of 7,000 food packages to needy families in different parts of the country, as part of its Ramadan-long humanitarian operation. The Afghan-Turk High School (ATHS) on Saturday started the implementation of the food aid program for Ramadan while distributing 3,000 …

AT-KABUL: At least 17 Afghan security personnel and 45 Taliban fighters have been killed in militants’ attack on Want Waigal district of eastern Nuristan province of the country, governor’s spokesman said on Saturday. Muhammad Musa Shami told Afghanistan Times that the two days long clashes in Want Waigal district left …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security officials will be summoned by Wolesi Jirga today (on Saturday) to brief lawmakers on mounting insecurity across the country. Assistant secretary of the Wolesi Jirga, Irfanullah Irfan, told Azadi Radio that the Minister of Interior, Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of the National Directorate of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) urged Russia to cooperate with Afghanistan in fight against the Islamic State (IS) fighters. Seddiq Seddiqi, spokesman for the MoI, said that Russia’s cooperation in war against IS, also known as Daesh, will prove effective. He added that presence of the militant …

“Russia is Afghanistan’s neighbor. What happens in Afghanistan has a direct influence on Russia,” says the former president KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai has urged Russia for counter-terrorism role in the region to deal with the emerging and existing security threats. Speaking the other day in Moscow, the capital city of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said the other day that the United States and NATO are committed to a long term support to the Afghan national security forces. Speaking during a press conference following the conclusion of the NATO defense ministerial, Carter said “the US …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABU: The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) on Thursday said that United States will continue to guide Afghan airspace and air-traffic control for another two-and-a-half months after its current contract expires at the end of June. Deputy Director General on Policy and Planning in ACAA, Mohammad Qassim …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday said that leader of kidnapping gang has been detained in the capital city, Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting Zaki alias Pahlawan Zaki Dako, the kingpin of kidnapping gang and his …

AT-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has seized 374 kilograms of heroin in eastern Nangarhar province. A press release issued by CNP department of Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that a big consignment of heroin was discovered and confiscated in Behsood district of Nangarhar province. The heroin was skillfully placed …