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Junaid Jamshed, Pakistan’s singer-turned preacher, among passengers on plane that went down in the north of country. A commercial aircraft carrying 47 people onboard crashed in northern Pakistan near the capital Islamabad, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said. PK 661 went down on Wednesday on a domestic flight from the mountainous …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament members strongly endorsed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s recent stance against Pakistan in the Heart of Asia Conference. President Ghani on Sunday slammed Pakistan for exporting terror, providing them financial resources and hideouts. In his address at the 6th annual conference …

AT-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) arrested 13 drug runners in the past one week, said officials Wednesday. Thirteen smugglers were apprehended by CNP through different crackdown and were handed over to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings, said a statement issued by CJTF. Statement said that …

AT-KABUL: At least 26 Taliban fighters 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) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Asia Foundation, an organization monitoring Afghanistan and other regional countries’ security and political developments, said in a survey released Wednesday that Afghans are increasingly uncertain about their future, less confident in their government and more pessimistic than before on issues such as security, corruption, and rising …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces in a counter attack have repulsed a massive Taliban offensive in surrounding areas of the southern Kandahar province and pushed the militants back, an official said Tuesday. The militants suffered heavy casualties in the fighting, who had retreated several areas in the Arghistan district after several …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil endorsed President Ashraf Ghani’s stance against Pakistan in the Heart of Asia conference. Ghani on Sunday blasted Pakistan for exporting terror and providing safe hideouts to the militants. In his address at the 6th annual conference of Heart of Asia in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday praised the Afghan security forces’ gains in the campaign against terrorist groups. Abdullah considered suppressing Daesh group in Nangarhar and regaining several districts great achievements by Afghan security forces in the battlefield. “Our security forces have many achievements in …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) have discovered and confiscated 61 tons of hashish during an operation in Kabul. “The CNP especial unit conducted the first ever ground and air independent operation on Saturday seized six big hashish caches in the Khak-e-Jabbar district of Kabul province,” said Deputy …

AT-KABUL: The provincial governor and mayor of southern Zabul province have survived an ambush by unidentified gunmen, a local official said Monday. “A group of insurgent attack official’s convoy on Zabul-Kandahar highway earlier today as the officials was on their way to Shahr-e-Safa district.” Provincial governor spokesman Gul Islam Siyal …