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16 August

NDS foils mass prison break attempt in Herat

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has foiled mass prison break attempt in Herat province. The Afghan spy agency foiled the bid by arresting a man, identified as Ghulam Nabi, who was digging a tunnel into the prison. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said on Sunday …

16 August

3-day countrywide polio vaccination drive kicked off

AT-KABUL: A 3-day anti-polio vaccination drive kicked off to administer polio drops to around nine million under five year old children across the country. During inauguration of the campaign, the Minister of Public Health Firuzuddin Firoz, said that they will also provide Vitamin-A drops to around two million children during …

16 August

Kabul mulling over Islamabad’s 8-article action plan

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan has sent an 8-article action plan to President Ashraf Ghani through a high-level Afghan delegation that visited Islamabad on Thursday to convey the message of the Afghan president regarding action against the Taliban who are enjoying safe havens in the neighboring country, said an official. In …

16 August

Couple killed in Badakhshan

AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men killed a policeman and his spouse in Shuhada district of Badakhshan province, police sources said on Sunday. The provincial police chief, Col. Sakhi Dad Haidari, told media that unidentified assailants broke into the house of Noor Rehman and opened fire on the cop and his wife, …

16 August

British ambassador calls on Rabbani

AT-Kabul: British Ambassador to Kabul, Karen Pierce, called on the Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani and discussed different issues of mutual interest. Rabbani in the meeting with Ms Karen Pierce thanked Britain for the continued support to Afghanistan, and briefed the ambassador on Thursday’s visit of high-level Afghan delegation to …

16 August

Kabul PC members meet Masoud, discuss public issues

AT-KABUL: Members of the Kabul Provincial Council (PC) called on the special envoy of the president on reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Masoud, and discussed pressing public issues. In the meeting held the other day, the Kabul PC members underlined increasing unemployment rate, poverty, kidnappings, killings, and weak economy …

16 August

Independence Day preparations in full swing

AT-KABUL: With the Independence Day round the corner, the nationalist fervor is gripping the atmosphere and preparations for celebrating the national festival are picking up in the private and state institutions. Preparations for the 96th Independence Day in Afghanistan has begun in the different places of the country. Major cities …

16 August

British special forces back in Afghanistan tackling Taliban, Daesh terrorists

Elite SAS, SBS and US special forces taking part in military operations almost every night as insurgent forces close in on the capital Kabul British special forces are back at war in Afghanistan, fighting both Islamic State terrorists and the Taliban. Just a year after David Cameron said the war …

16 August

Why Afghans won’t mourn death of Hamid Gul, former ISI chief and ‘father of the Taliban’

The former chief of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), the powerful intelligence agency of Pakistan, died of brain hemorrhage in Pakistani resort town of Murree late on Saturday. He was 79. General Hamid Gul, a controversial military figure and protégé of former military dictator of Pakistan General Zia ul-Haq, led the …

16 August

Indonesian passenger plane crashes in Papua region

Villagers say they have found the wreckage of a plane which earlier went missing with 54 people aboard. Villagers in eastern Indonesia’s Papua region say they have found the wreckage of a plane which went missing in the province with 54 people aboard, an official has said. “The plane has …