AT-Kabul:  The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that its operatives arrested two terrorists who planned to conduct terrorist activities in Mahtram city, the provincial capital of the eastern province of Laghman, said a statement issued by NDS. The captured people identified as Rafai-U-Allah and Baberzai who confessed …

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi on Tuesday met with Mark Bowden, deputy of special representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan and representatives from donor countries and organizations, finance ministry said. “They discussed on women’s economic growth program, commitments for Afghanistan’s self-reliance based on mutual accountability framework,” it said in a statement. …

A high-danger avalanche warning must be issued by the related governmental officials to those districts across the country, which is under avalanche hazard. The government should help swing Afghans living in the avalanche prone districts to a safest place. This would be a temporary shifting as avalanche threat would not …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan and the US officials discussed the ways of counter-narcotics efforts in a joint workshop held on Tuesday in Kabul. The US Ambassador to Kabul, Hugo Llorens reaffirmed his country’s support for Afghanistan’s counter narcotics objectives at the event, the US embassy said in a statement. “All of …

AT-KABUL: At least 19 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Deash terrorists were killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, within past 24 hours, security official said. In a press statement, the Nangarhar press office, said that these fighters were killed in Haska Meena and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Defense Secretary, James N. Mattis has said that Trump administration would review its war strategy against terrorism in Afghanistan, after holding discussion with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the US army commander, General John Nicholson. He added that Trump administration would consider fundamental changes …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Hundreds of residents in eastern Kunar province took out to the streets on Monday morning to protest Pakistan artillery shelling, and were shouting anti-Pakistan slogans. Hundreds of residents of Asad-Abad, the capital city of Kunar province, staged a rally to give vent to their anger against Pakistan …

AT-KABUL: In the new gesture of snowstorms and freezing weather, at least 26 people were killed and nine others received injures in the six districts of the northwestern Faryab province, provincial official said the other day. Provincial governor spokesman, Javid Baidar, said that despite human losses the snowstorm had also …

By Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: The series of terrorist attacks in Pakistan have targeted all the four provinces, including tribal-belt, administered by Pakistan. The loyalists of the so-called Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist carried out a bloody attack on the Sufi Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province …

Afghanistan National Cricket Teams is just a 16 years old, and has gone from strength to strength despite a bloody war and the ongoing insurgency. Cricket was the single sport allowed by the Taliban insurgents during their region, but has only become a national obsession since 2001. It is very …