“During my tenure as the spy chief I didn’t sign any agreement, which will be a blot on our history” AT-KABUL: As the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—the premier national spy agency—signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Afghan critics and former high-ranking security officials vehemently …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Musa Qala district of Helmand province may fall to the Taliban’s control, if backup troops were not sent, said a security official in the district. The security chief of Musa Qala, Essa Khan, said that a swarm of militants, numbering 400 fighters, are currently stationed around 100 …

AT-HERAT CITY: A four-day exhibition showcasing domestic products kicked off in western Herat province on Tuesday. Organizers of the event said that the expo will host 50 stalls of a diverse range of products manufactured by 65 domestic factories. The newly appointed governor of Herat province, Muhammad Asif Rahimi, said …

AT-KABUL: Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos arrested 300 suspected militants in an operation in eastern Laghman province, a local official said. Sarhadi Zwak, spokesman for Laghman governor office, said that army commandos conducted the crackdown on militants in Mia Saib and Murchakhel villages of Alishang district of the province on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dozens of female students have been hospitalized after suspected gas poisoning in Khuram Sarbagh district of northern Samangan province, said officials on Tuesday. The development council head of the locality, Qari Tajuddin, said that white powder was sprinkled in the school’s lawn, located in Abdul Malik area …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) on Tuesday signed agreements with the local development shuras (councils) to implement 45 uplift schemes in six different provinces. Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad Durani, said the projects include construction and reconstruction of protection walls, dams and improvement of …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: At least five people have been killed and 53 injured by suicide car bombing in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s justice ministry building in Kabul, officials said. Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, told reporters at the scene of the attack that five people, including a woman, were killed …

AT-KABUL: A primary court in Kabul sentenced 11 police officers to one year in jail and announced eight others free of charges for failing to protect a woman killed in Kabul in March by an angry mob. The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was beaten to death and her body was …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the premier national spy agency, on Monday denied training of its agents by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Reacting to the news reports that ISI has offered to train and equip the NDS agents, spokesman to Afghan spy agency, Haseeb Siddiqi, said that nothing …