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KABUL: Thousands of people on Wednesday staged a protest in the capital Kabul against the beheading of seven civilians by Islamic State (IS) insurgents in southern Zabul province. The gunmen abducted the seven civilians, including four women and a child, from the Jaghori district of Ghazni about a month back. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detained three members of Haqqani network in southeastern Khost province. A statement issued by the NDS on Tuesday said that three members of the network, identified as Rahim Khan, Naim Khan and Najibullah, were supplying weapons and ammunition the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday criticized the National Unity Government (NUG) for its failure to improve law and order situation and rescue the abducted passengers who were beheaded recently by Daesh in Zabul province. In today’s session, the government was not …

AT-KABUL: Lithuania is mulling to deploy some 20 troops to Afghanistan by 2017, bringing the total number to 50. The resolution is yet to be passed by the Lithuanian parliament. Defense minister of Lithuaniua, Juozas Olekas, told media that the plan comes at a time that the United State and …

LDP condemns beheading of Hazara passengers By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Condemning the brutal killing of eight passengers by the Islamic State in Zabul province, the Labor and Development Party (LDP) said the National Unity Government (NUG) is racked by internal differences that have prevented it from acting to protect the public …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday assured of ramping up security within a month in the country as insecurity has been intensified recently. Dawlat Waziri, the spokesman to MoD, said that security situation will change in the next two or three weeks and recently 14 anti-militant …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Kabul residents took out to the street to give vent to their anger against the beheading of seven civilians by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, in southern Zabul province. Condemning the beheading of civilians, they gathered in Zarnigar Park in Kabul. They …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Due to early arrival of winter season, power supply will remain off from 5 pm to 9 pm and 5 am to 8 am in all parts of the capital city. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the national power supplying company, has developed the schedule for winter …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that it has rescued eight passengers, abducted by the Taliban several months ago. The NDS’s spokesman Hasibullah Seddiqi confirmed release of the passengers saying that the spy agency operatives succeeded to rescue eight passengers who were from the group of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Central Secretary Information of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led provincial government for not providing the official protocol to the Afghan legislators and ministers. The PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not allowed opening of the Official Guest House for a group …