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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 10 senior security officials of the Ministry of Interior were under investigation over deadly Thursday attack in the capital Kabul in which dozens of newly trained police cadets were killed and wounded. Sources in the Ministry of Interior said that these officials are under investigation …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that Taliban’s bomb making facility was busted in northern Balkh province. Intelligence operatives succeeded to discover and bust Taliban’s mine production center through a crackdown in Robat village of Chemtal district in Balkh province, said NDS. Twomine makers were also …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Sunday said that 121 drug runners were arrested in the first quarter of solar year, said officials. Counter Narcotics Police apprehended 117 smugglers through different crackdown in various provinces in the first quarter of this year, said CJTF. After primary investigation the detained …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chain’s first military shipment aid reached to Afghanistan on Sunday and was formally delivered to government in Kabul military airport. The package included transport equipment for the Afghan security forces and ammunition for light weapons. “Following mutual agreement, this is the first Chines military package donates for …

AT-KABUL: Eighty five Taliban fighters were killed and 17 others were woundedin 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) conducted joint operations …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces recaptured a number of their security posts from insurgents in Jalrez district of central Wardak province, provincial officials said. These security posts were fallen to the Taliban during their complex attack around two days ago, local officials said. “These security posts secured during a clearance …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Finance announced that government of Afghanistan had reached a three-year agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Finance Ministry in statement said this agreement comes after a successful nine-month Staff Monitored Program, which was completed in April 2016. Under …

PESHAWAR—A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban group was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen in Peshawar city of Pakistan. According to reports, the incident took place in Nasir Bagh Road and the Taliban leader has been identified as Qari Syed Murad. The gunmen reportedly opened fire on Qari Murad …

AT-KABUL: The lawmakers on Saturday accused the senior security officials of negligence in the projection of cadets targeted Thursday by the terrorist attacks in Kabul. Speaker of Wolesi Jirga Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said that security officials neglected in secure transporting of the newly graduated policemen from Wardak’s military training to …

AT-KABUL: A family of seven including three women was shot dead by an anti-government armed militant in southern Kandahar province, local officials said on Saturday. The shooting took place late Friday in the Shahwali Kot district where the gunman stormed into a civilian house. “The gunman was also killed in …