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AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said it has detained 22 drug traffickers in the past one week in different crackdowns across the country. In a statement, CJTF said that said that 11 smugglers were apprehended by Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in various …

AT-KABUL: At least 86 insurgents have been killed, and 21 others wounded in different crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army …

AT-KABUL: At least five political prisoners are said to have escaped from a prison in northern Balkh province, a well-placed source revealed on Wednesday. A security official, who did not wanted to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Tuesday night. Without going into details, the …

AT-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani chaired a meeting of the senior security officials, Tuesday afternoon, at the Presidential Palace, disusing important related issue. The Afghan Civil Aviation Authority presented their proposal on spatial control through the radars installed across the country. The proposal was accordingly approved and instructions were issued …

AT-KABUL: A delay in the appointment of new Independent Election Commission (IEC) members and uncertainty about fate of its secretary may set back Wolesi Jirga and district council polls. In a statement, the election panel expressed its concern over the delay and demanded the government introduce one more member of …

Since longtime the Afghan masses have pinned high hopes on the religious scholars and prayer leaders for achieving the goal of peace, prosperity and development. None can deny the role of Ulema in Afghanistan in such a war which fought on lens of religious believes. But killing of innocent Afghans …

AT-KABUL: At least six Afghan Border Police embraced martyrdom after their vehicle hit with a roadside mine in southern Helmand province on Monday, local officials said Tuesday. According to the officials the incident happened in Marja district of the province when a border police forces convoy hit with a roadside …

AT-KABUL: The militant outfits have been pocketing millions of dollars from illegal extraction of mining in Afghanistan annually, the Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) warned on Tuesday. “The mining sector has to be transparent, because it becomes a source of misfortune for Afghan people. The revenue goes to the powerful and …

Former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Amrullah Saleh on Sunday accused the Presidential Palace (ARG) of nepotism, power monopoly and racism, saying the slogans chanted by government were biased and that all affairs are tackled based on ethnicity and linguistic issues. Saleh alleged that the appointments in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan will be considered for inclusion in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Beijing hinted on Tuesday. The $57 billion project is part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative linking China with Asia, Europe and beyond. Optimistic of the economic corridor benefitting the entire region, the Chinese …