AT-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detained five Pakistani members of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. A press statement issued by the NDS said that the five IS fighters were involved in subversive activities in eastern Nangarhar province. It said that the arrested Pakistani IS fighters …

AT-KABUL: Officials and employees of the Ministry of Education (MoE) on Monday donated blood to those who were injured in the recent spate of violence in the capital city. Minister of Education, Asadullah Hanif Balkhi, along with tens of employees, teachers and students went to a hospital in Kabul City …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least five civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in a suicide attack in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, said officials. Kabul Police’s spokesman Ebadullah Karimi said that a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car in front of the Hamid Karzai International …

Left to its own devices, Afghanistan’s internal security network needs an impregnable security overhauls particularly given the horrific terror blasts the other day, and the ongoing terror activities across the country. The deadliest attack on the military installation in Shah Shaheed, and the Taliban’s assault on the Parliament a few …

AT-KABUL: As many as 115 militants have been killed in military offensives launched by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Air Force (AAF) over the past 48 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement issued here on Sunday said that the operations and airstrikes were conducted in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) denounced the recent terrorist attacks in the strongest possible terms and said that the attacks were in sharp contrast with the Islamic instructions. The remarks come at a time that three terrorist attacks in Kabul on Friday led to killing of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India’s Union Water Resource Ministry said that Salma dam likely to be commissioned in the middle of 2016. Construction of the dam was started in January 2006 in western Herat province. Material was shipped to Iran from India and later to Afghanistan. According to a news report …

Media should help govt in overcoming existing challenges: Information Minister AT-KABUL: The first ever two-day media exhibition kicked off here on Sunday where scores of electronic, print and online media outlets participated. The expo was inaugurated by Minister of Information and Culture, Abdul Bari Jahani, at the Afghanistan Expo Center …

AT-KABUL: Employees of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) on Sunday donated blood to those who were injured in the Friday terror attacks in Kabul City, and security personnel wounded in military operations against insurgents. The first suicide attack was carried out in Shah Shaheed area, second in front …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of civil society activists in Bamyan province came hard of the peace negotiations with the Taliban, on Sunday, as they termed it a mirage. They said there is drastic need of peace talks overhaul. Talking to the newsmen, Ibrahim Tola, a civil society activist, said …