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8 June

Khost residents kill 12 Taliban

AT-KABUL: Local residents in eastern Khost province killed at least 12 Taliban militants after they attacked their residential houses in Zazai Maidan district of the province, local security officials said on Wednesday. “Local residents gave tit-for-tat response to the Taliban attack in Deri Mila area of the district with the …

8 June

Car bomb targets police station in Turkey’s Mardin

Several people wounded in bomb attack on police building in southeastern province of Mardin, Reuters reports. A car bomb has targeted a police station in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin, state broadcaster NTV has said. According to the Reuters news agency, many people were wounded in Wednesday’s attack. (Aljazeera)

8 June

Taliban kidnap 47 passengers in Kunduz

AT-KABUL: Taliban gunmen once again kidnapped 47 passengers in northeastern Kunduz from the main highway, where government launched rescue operation to release the hostages. The passengers were kidnapped from Badakhshan-Kunduz highway in Khanabad district of Kunduz Wednesday morning when Taliban intercepted a bus and a small passenger car, Mahfuzullah Akbari, …

7 June

India Wins Hearts In Afghanistan With The ‘Friendship Dam’

Taking their “development partnership” to the next level, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the Salma Dam during an impressive ceremony in western Herat province on 4 June. It was Modi’s second official visit to Afghanistan. In December last year, he made a pit stop …

7 June

Health sector lost public trust due to corruption: Survey

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) said in a report that health sector had lost people’s trust and donors due to corruption. The MEC and ministry of public health have carried out a survey, interviewing people in Kabul and 12 provinces. “Survey reveals that corruption exists extensively …

7 June

ISI involved in Helmand conflict

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Interior accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence of supporting the armed insurgents in fighting against Afghan National Security Forces in Helmand province. Deputy minister Abdul Rahman told senators that the ISI directly supports Taliban, Lashkar-e Taiba and al-Qaeda terrorist groups in operations against Afghan troops. “The …

7 June

Turkish company to extend Kajaki dam

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Energy and Water on Tuesday signed the contract of the Kajaki hydropower dam extension with a Turkish company. Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Osmani said that the dam would produce 150 megawatts of electricity after its extension. “The reservoir capacity of the dam would …

7 June

Airstrike kills five Daesh terrorists in Nangarhar

AT-KABUL: At least five militants, loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the security official said on Tuesday. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense, said that the strike was carried out by the Afghan Air Force in the Kot …

7 June

Editorial: Lapse after lapse

The high-ranking security officials including the acting defense and interior ministers have been repeatedly urged by the provincial authorities, troops on the ground, security affairs analysts, and common people to pay heed to the rising insecurity in volatile areas. In southern Afghanistan, Helmand and adjacent provinces had become a hotbed …

7 June

Explosion targets police vehicle in Turkey’s Istanbul

At least 11 people killed and several wounded in bomb attack on police bus in the central district of Beyazit. A bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in a central Istanbul district has killed at least eleven people, including seven members of the police force, the city’s governor has said. …