February, 2015

• 15 February

  Men held on charges of gang rape, murder: MoI

  

  AT Monitoring Desk –KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday that a group of men, allegedly involved in sexually assault of a teenager boy in northern Faryab province and gang rape and murder of two women in Takhar and Kunduz provinces, were arrested by police. The MoI spokesman, Sediq …

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• 15 February

  Afghanistan succeeded in fostering good relations with neighbors: Ghani

  

  AT-KABUL: Terming Kabul’s relations with neighboring countries as the top priority of the Afghan government, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the other day that Kabul has maintained good relations with neighboring countries including India and is going towards positive direction in this regard. A statement emailed by the Presidential Palace …

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• 15 February

  Decisive blow: Huge military operation kicked off in Helmand

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After taking full control of security from international troops, the security forces kicked off a huge military operation in southern Helmand province to boost up security in its northern districts, said official on Sunday. “Around 4,000 Afghan National Army (ANA) troops have joined the operation,” said Omar …

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• 13 February

  Keeping tab on madrassa students

  

  In a major breakthrough against terrorism and militant networks, Afghanistan’s premium spy agency NDS, has nabbed several suicide bombers. The spy agency presented the thwarted bombers to the media in Kabul. The would-be suicide bombers, the youngest of whom is just 13, said they were trained at madrassas in Pakistan …

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• 13 February

  Pakistan, NATO conducted joint operations inside Afghanistan: Pak minister

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has said that Pakistan’s military troops and NATO forces have carried out joint military operations inside Afghanistan. Nisar in an interview with Iran’s Fars News Agency (FNA) said the other day that relations between Kabul and Islamabad have never been …

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• 13 February

  Man kills seven family members in Zabul

  AT-KABUL: A man shot dead seven of his family members in southern Zabul province, said a local official on Sunday. Zabul police chief, Gholam Jailani Farahi, said that a man identified as Ehsanullah killed seven of his family members early on Friday morning.  Farahi said that the assailant was suffering …

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• 13 February

  Aynak copper mine project security a top priority: MoI

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces will spare no efforts to ensure security of Aynak copper mine in Logar province, said an official in the Ministry of Interior (MoI). After delay in extraction of Aynak copper mine, contracted with a Chinese firm, President Ashraf Ghani paid a visit to the mine. …

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• 13 February

  MoE concerned over surge in attacks on schools

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) expressed its deep concerns over recent attacks on schools. Kabir Haqmal, spokesman for the MoE, told Azadi Radio that anti-education elements have surged their attacks on schools. Militants reduced three schools to rubbles over the past two weeks in eastern Afghanistan. Haqmal …

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• 13 February

  Afghanistan wins against UAE in second warm-up

  

  AT-KABUL: The national cricket team defeated United Arab Emirates (UAE) national team by 14 runs in the ICC World Cup Warm-up match on Friday. Afghanistan elected to bat first by winning the toss and set a target of 309 runs for the UAE batsmen from 50 overs and by losing …

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• 13 February

  Afghanistan, Russia mulling to strike gas-for-fruits swap

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russia after banning food imports from some of its major suppliers like the European Union, the ex-Soviet country is now discussing a deal with Afghanistan to swap natural gas for fruit, media reports said on Friday. The reports said that according to officials from Afghanistan’s Chamber of …

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