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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A school principle was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Parwan, north of capital Kabul on Sunday, official said. Dad Khuda Jahesh, the Head of Sher Aqa Shaheed Hig Scool in Bagram district was en route to home, when unidentified gunmen shot him and escaped, said Mohamamd …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After the recent spate of violence and suicide attacks in Kabul, the Resolute Support Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said that militant attacks have steadily increased in Kabul compared to the past year. He said that militants by carrying out attacks in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have captured a huge cache of made-in Pakistan weapons and bullets along with those who wanted to transfer it in a car in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Briefing newsmen, Nangarhar police spokesman Maj. Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal said that a man …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The National Procurement Office (NPO) on Sunday said that out of 47 under assessment private companies 26 have been blacklisted for fraud. The Director of NPO, Yama Yari, said that the companies were involved in fraud during bidding process. The companies will have no right to participate …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) said that construction work over the much needed Kamal Khan Dam is underway, but insecurity was a major challenge. The MoEW expressed its concerns over insecurity in Nimroz province where the dam is located. The ministry urged the law …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a terror bid by recovering a huge amount of explosive materials. The NDS in a statement said that their operatives seized around 6,000 kilograms of explosive materials in Paktika province. The explosives were brought from South Waziristan to be used in a deadly …

AT-KABUL: Thousands of residents and civil society activists of Northern Jawzjan province stage a protest demonstration against Pakistan. The protestors expressed their support to Afghan security forces and slammed the double standard policy of Pakistan towards Afghanistan. The protests come after a wave of deadly terrorist attacks in Kabul, cross-Durand …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Emphasizing on promotion of the local products for economic growth, the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Saturday said that despite adequate capacities for production of goods at local level, Afghanistan is still a consumer country. Chief of the AISA claimed that annually hundreds of millions …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) on Saturday said 90 percent electorates want reforms in the country’s electoral system. In a meeting with the members of Meshrano Jirga, Chief of the SERC, Shah Sultan Aakifi, said that in meetings with the elders, civil society activists, political parties …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that nine terrorists were arrested in Kandahar province. In a press statement the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting nine terrorists through a crackdown in Kandahar City. The terrorists were identified as Muslim Agha, Abdur Rahman, Babai, Rahmatullah, …