AT-KABUL: At least 70 worshipers were “martyred” and 55 others injured Friday evening in two separate suicide attacks against mosques in capital Kabul and western Ghor province, officials said. In western Ghor province a suicide bomber at 5:00pm targeted worshipers inside the Khwajagan village mosque in Dulayna district of the …
Read More »ANAFAE run literacy training workshop in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Afghan National Association for Adult Education (ANAFAE) has implemented a 20 days’ basic literacy training workshop for facilitators and supervisors in Shahrak-e- Itefaq of Kabul City. According to a statement this training workshop was run in cooperation with the Ministry of Education Literacy Department and financial support of WHH. The …
Read More »43 ANA killed in Kandahar attack
AT-KABUL: At least 43 Afghan National Army (ANA) have been killed and nine others received injures after Chashmawi camp attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday after midnight. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed the attack, saying the militants first exploded its vehicle-borne improvised explosive device , …
Read More »5 policemen detained in connection to Paktia attack
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five police officers have been detained over their alleged role in Tuesday’s deadly attack on police headquarters and training center in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Wednesday. Asadullah Sherzad, commander of the 303rd Spinghar Police Zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News at the site of bombing …
Read More »‘Pakistan deceived Afghan peace processes’
AT-KABUL: The high peace council claims that Taliban’s recent response to the peace voiced by the government was a new Pakistan game. The council said that Tuesday’s bloody attacks in the wake of the Oman quadrilateral meeting was a game by Islamabad to say that it had no links to …
Read More »11 drug traffickers arrested in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said that 11 drug trafficker arrested in the past one week. CJTF in a press statement said that said that 11 smugglers were apprehended by Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in various provinces and were handed over to …
Read More »Parliament blames security officials for mismanagement
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Wednesday strongly condemned the attacks in Paktia and Ghazni. Expressing deepest concern over the ramp up insecurity called mismanagement of high ranking security officials and weakness of intelligence agency main factor behind the catastrophe across the country. …
Read More »Via WFP; China provides $1m assistance in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese government contributed $1 million to the World Food Program (WFP) which would assist nearly 38,000 vulnerable people in Afghanistan, including repatriates from Pakistan, a statement from WFP said on Tuesday. WFP welcomed Chinese government for urgent food and nutrition assistance to people affected by food crises …
Read More »Doval meets President Ghani, CEO Abdullah, NSA Atmar
‘Bilateral relations, regional cooperation, fight on terrorism discussed’ AT-KABUL: Indian National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval on Monday paid an official visit to Kabul on the invitation of his Afghan counterpart, Haneef Atmar, where he met with President Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. During his meeting with President …
Read More »30 Taliban killed as police repulsed Taliban attack on Jaghato district
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban’s coordinated attack on Jaghato district of central Maidan Wardak province, was strongly retaliated and repulsed by the brave Afghan police forces, an official said on Tuesday. Police Spokesman, Naqibulla Amini told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents initially detonated a car bomb and then launched an offensive …
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