Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, praised President Trump on Monday for challenging Pakistan to increase its cooperation on anti-terrorism measures. “President @realDonaldTrump tweet on Pakistan’s duplicitous position over the past 15 years is vindication that the war on terror is not in bombing Afghan villages and homes but …
Read More »ACCI terms Uzbekistan as alternative to Pakistani markets
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday said that Uzbekistan could be an alternative to Pakistan’s markets for importing commercial products in the coming days. Office bearers of ACCI said that the import of 50 percent of all commercial products from Pakistan could be replaced by Uzbek …
Read More »NDS detains 13 Daesh militants ‘plotting big attacks’ in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Wednesday that its operatives have detained 13 loyalists terrorist of Daesh (Islamic State), who were attempting to plot big attacks in Kabul, the capital city. “A vast Daesh Network, having internal and external links, has been arrested by intelligence operatives,” NDS …
Read More »Nine drug traffickers detained
AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), on Wednesday said that nine drug trafficker arrested in the past one week. CJTF in a press statement, said that nine smugglers were apprehended by Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in various provinces and were handed over to CJTF for …
Read More »Trump’s assail on Pakistan, a promising message to Afghanistan
“Trump tweet on Pakistan’s duplicitous position over the past 15 years is vindication that the war on terror is not in bombing Afghan villages and homes but in the sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan,” Hamid Karzai By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: Donald Trump, the US president in his first tweet of the year …
Read More »E-ID cards rollout ‘pending presidential order’
AT-KABUL: There is no issue, only waiting for Presidential Palace order to rollout Electronic Identity Cards (E-ID), the spokesman for the Afghanistan Central Civil Registration Authority (ACCRA), Rohullah Ahmadzai said on Tuesday. The E-ID cards rollout is pending order from President Ashraf Ghani, he said, adding there are no technical …
Read More »5 Haqqani network members held in Paktia
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives have detained a five-member group of Haqqani network in southeasten Paktia province, the NDS said on Tuesday. In a statement issued NDS, said the militants who had received military training across the Durand Line were arrested during a special operation of NDS …
Read More »Senate terms Iranian troops’ operation in Nimroz as “big shame”
AT-KABUL: Senators called an operation carried out by Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the bordering province of Nimroz a “big shame” as the international coalition has military presence in Afghanistan. “The operation that was launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Nimroz is a big shame in …
Read More »French, Uzbek Daesh militants killed in Jawzjan
AT-KABUL: Three French and four Uzbekistan fighters loyal to the Daesh extremist group have been killed in an airstrike carried out in the Darzab district of northern Faryab province, official said on Tuesday. According to the officials, the strike was conducted on Monday evening when Daesh militants were gathered in …
Read More »86 Daesh fighters killed in Nangarhar, Jawzjan
AT-KABUL: At least 86 Daesh fighters were killed and 38 others were wounded in Nangarhar and Jawzjan provinces within the past 24 hours, military sources said Tuesday. “60 Daesh fighters were killed and 18 others were wounded during operation conducted by Afghan Special Forces in Deh Bala district of eastern …
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