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Five Daesh terrorists killed in Nangarhar

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five people loyal to the Daesh terrorist group were killed when a US drone targeted their vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province in which at least five insurgents were killed, Police officials said. Provincial police chief said in a statement that the airstrike was conducted on Sunday in …

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46 insurgents killed in raids

AT-KABUL: At least 46 militants were killed and 18 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …

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Four Taliban militants join reconciliation process in Badakhshan

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northeastern Badakhshan province and handed over their weapons to the Disarmament of Illegal Arms Groups (DIAG), an official said on Monday. Provincial Police Chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaleq Aqsai told Pajhwok Afghan News government doors continue to be opened …

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Four dead, 14 wounded in Helmand traffic accident

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four civilians died and 14 others injured after a bus collided with a truck in the Washer district of southern Helmand province on Monday morning, officials said. The district administer, Mohammad Saleem told Pajhwok Afghan News the traffic accident took place at around 9am on the Nimroz-Kabul …

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DEAN JONES, IN INDIA AFTER COMMENTARY STINT IN TERROR-STRUCK T20 LEAGUE IN KABUL, SAYS EXPERIENCE WAS EYE-OPENER

By Vijay Tagore, Bangalore Mirror Bureau-You don’t visit Afghanistan and come back without experiencing fear. Dean Jones is no different. He was there for 12 days and when he returned to India yesterday to resume his commentary stint, he had this to say about the warravaged nation first up. “I …

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OBOR provides economic opportunities for Afghanistan: Rana Think Tank

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Terming China’s One Belt One-Road (OBOR) initiative as an important economic and infrastructure development program for the region, political analysts and economists urged Afghan government to take full advantage of the mega regional project. In a monthly gathering of the Rana Think Tank, the analysts said that …

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Some 10 million children to receive polio vaccination

AT-Kabul: Around 9.9 million children under the age of 5 will be vaccinated this week during the fourth round of polio National Immunization Days of this year. Around 5.9 million children aged 2-5 years will also be given Albendazole deworming tablets. Supported by WHO and UNICEF, the campaign will run from September 25 …

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Taliban financial manager killed in Samangan

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said that a Senior Taliban financial maanager Killed in northern Samangan Province. In a statement MoI said that Mullah Ramzullah known as Zubair, a senior Taliban financial manager killed by Afghan forces in Daikundi village of Dara-e-Sof district, Samangan province. The financial manager …

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Solar power project inaugurated in Kandahar

AT-KABUL: The work of biggest ever solar electricity project inaugurated in southern Kandahar province on Sunday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the electricity supply plant has started the work on a project to produce 10mw solar power in order to solve electricity shortage in Kandahar industrial parks, said DABS in …

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Afghanistan’s real battle is building strong national institutions

By Ezzatullah Mehrdad From 1992 to 2001, Afghanistan was on fire of civil war for first four years and in second half, Afghanistan was in hand of the Taliban insurgent group. The country was divided with no central government. It took down civil law along with government institutions; National security …

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