By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noorul Haq Ulomi, on Sunday claimed that within the next six months, the armed insurgents would be eliminated from the country and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) would improve their military capabilities against anti-government elements in the country. Meshrano Jirga (Senate) …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has appointed Seema Jowenda as the new provincial governor for Ghor while relieving Sayed Anwar Rahmati of his duties. The IDLG on Sunday said that the appointment has been sanctioned by President Ashraf Ghani after the recommendation of IDLG. The IDLG’s spokesman, …

AT-KABUL: Five militants have been killed in a drone strike in eastern Nuristan province, said an official source. The source said that NATO troops conducted the drone strike the other day in Mardesh area of Want Waigal district of the province.  The strike has targeted a hideout of militants killing …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban militants have surrounded scores of Afghan soldiers at a military base in northern Baghlan province. According to TOLOnews, the militants have surrounded the soldiers in Ali Khaja military base in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the province. A number of soldiers in the province have said that no backup …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed 22 Taliban fighters in the Maiwand district in southern Kandahar province, official said on Sunday. Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman said that anti-militants operation had conducted to the areas where militant had safe havens. Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that 22 insurgents, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deterioration of law and order and lack of reconstruction projects in Khanshin district in southern Helmand province irked the residents of the province. They called on the government to address their problems as the government cannot remain unfazed by what has been happening in the area. In …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that the Taliban shadow district chief for Dor Baba was arrested along with his colleagues in Nangarhar province. According to a press statement issued here, the NDS operatives detained the shadow district chief Abdul Qahar and his five comrades during …

AT-KABUL: At least 43 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

India will ask Afghanistan to share information its intelligence agency gathered about the role of the ISI of Pakistan in plotting the recent attack on the parliament in Kabul. New Delhi is keen to use the findings of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of Afghanistan to drive home the …

A report released by a US-based think tank says that wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan have claimed lives of at least 149,000 people since 2001 to 2014. The Watson Institute’s  Costs of War Project says at least 162,000 were injured since the US-led international war on terror that toppled the …