June, 2015

• 7 June

  Military operation launched to retake Yamgan district

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces on Sunday launched a military operation Yamgan district of northeastern Badakhshan province to retake the area from the Taliban militants. The Taliban fighters attacked and took control of the district on Saturday. Local officials said that additional troops have arrived in Faizabad, the central city …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  Afs520m saved in MoD procurement contracts

  

  By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The General Directorate of National Procurement (GDNP) on Sunday said that Afs520 million has been saved in 17 contracts of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) after assessment by procurement commission, chaired recently by President Ashraf Ghani. Chief of the GDNP, Yama Yari, said that in the 10th …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  NDS rescues children in Helmand from horrors of Taliban

  

  AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s premier spy agency, on Sunday rescued two children from the clutches of the Taliban, who were allegedly forced to carry out suicide attacks. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that its operatives carried out a raid in the …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  Meshrano Jirga condemns drone strike on funeral in Khost

  

  AT-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or Upper House of the Parliament strongly denounced the US drone strike on a funeral in the southeastern Khost province and asked the government to investigate the tragic incident. Deputy Chairman of the Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezidyar, on Sunday strongly condemned the US drone strike …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  Rift between NUG leaders exacerbates insecurity: Meshrano Jirga

  

  By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga (MJ) or Senate on Sunday lambasted the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders for their failure to overcome insecurity challenges. Expressing serious concerns over fall of Yamgan district of Badakhshan province to the Taliban, the senators said that due to rift between President Ashraf …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  Reforms and legitimacy

  

  Deadline for the parliamentary election is fast approaching, but the government is yet to device a mechanism to counter the delay or come up with a better solution. The Wolesi Jirga members would complete their term this June.  At the end of this month, the Wolesi Jirga will lose its …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  India’s steel & power project in Afghanistan face hurdles

  

  NEW DELHI: State-run SAIL-led consortium’s ambitious multi-billion dollar steel and power project in Afghanistan is believed to have hit a roadblock due to security as well as operational and economic feasibility concerns. While a top-ranking source in the Steel Ministry said that the project has been put in “cold storage”, …

  Read More »
• 7 June

  Taliban overrun Yamgan district

  

  AT-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan and foreign Taliban fighters overwhelmed a remote district Saturday in northeastern Afghanistan in an area where the government’s influence has waned over the past two years, provincial officials said. Afghan security forces and the Taliban are locked in a battle for control over a remote district …

  Read More »
• 6 June

  Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs and its security plan

  As insecurity has been deteriorating across the country, the responsibility of maintaining security and law and order don’t remain only confined to the ministry of interior and the ministry of defense. There is yet another ministry as well whose role could be countable given that it is not spineless. The …

  Read More »
• 6 June

  Karzai slams US drone strike on funeral in Khost

  

  AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced the US drone strike on a funeral in the southeastern Khost province. According to reports a drone strike on a funeral killed more than 30 civilians in Khost province. Hamid Karzai in a press statement issued by his office termed the drone strike as …

  Read More »