Provinces

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A 140-meter-long and eight-meter-wide bridge was inaugurated in Khost province to connect Tanai district with Khost city. The bridge was inaugurated at a ceremony on Wednesday. The deputy governor of Khost, Abdul Wahid, told reporters that at least $1 million was spent on construction of Segai Bridge, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials in western Ghor province said Tuesday that the Taliban militants have been pushed back by security forces in Charsada district, and situation is normal in the area. According to local security officials, at least 42 Taliban militants were killed in the military operation. Quoted by Radio …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 10 prisoners—not involved in terrorist activities—have been released from Maidan Wardak jail, said officials on Tuesday. The decision was taken after a presidential decree, which also reduced imprisonment of several other inmates in the prison. The decree was issued on the eve of the victory …

AT-KABUL: A roadside bomb blast left five people dead in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, said an official source. Zia Durani, a spokesman for Kandahar police, said that the incident took place in the area between Marouf and Arghistan districts of the province, when a civilian vehicle struck a roadside …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested a would-be suicide bomber in Kapisa province, said an official source on Monday. The NDS in a press statement said that suicide bomber was a resident of Kara Taz area of Kapisa. “The NDS operatives recovered a suicide vest, two Kalashnikovs, a pistol, …

KABUL: At least nine militants were killed in different security incidents, including a US drone strike, in the eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Friday. Maj. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, provincial police spokesman, said that four insurgents were killed when unmanned aircraft fired missile on a car carrying rebels in Goshti district …

AT-KABUL: At least four civilians were injured in Kunduz province when explosives placed on a bicycle went off. This is almost third time that a bicycle has been used in terror act. The explosion took place while Interior Minister, Noorul Haq Ulomi, left for Kunduz to oversee the military operation …

AT-KABUL: More than 70 militants have been killed in a large-scale military operation in Ghazni province, said the provincial governor. Musa Khan Akbarzada told reporters on Wednesday that Afghan security forces in a clearance operation under the title of Khanjar killed more than 70 militants in Nawa district of the …

KABUL: Taliban militants publically executed a man accused of killing his wife in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand district, an official said on Wednesday. The district chief, Fathullah Khan, told Pajhwok Afghan News a Taliban jury found the man guilty of intentionally killing his wife and issued a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mohammad Ismail Khan, the former minister of energy and water and a prominent Jihadi leader has warned that insecurity will increase unprecedentedly in western Herat province within upcoming 20 days due to inattention government leaders on security situation countrywide. Ismail Khan expressed the remarks at a session …