Provinces

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that the Taliban shadow governor for Kunar was killed along with two senior commanders and 12 fighters on Saturday night. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that based on intelligence reports, 15 Taliban fighters including the …

KABUL: At least four people, including Ashkamish district chief and director communication, were killed in a mine blast on Sunday in northern Takhar province, an official said. Sunatullah Taimoori, the governor’s spokesman, said district chief Abdul Hamid Haqjo was on his way to a check post in Qara Teepa when …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces have seized more than 300 kilograms of hashish in northern Baghlan province, officials said on Saturday. According to security officials police from the counternarcotics department of the police headquarters of Baghlan stopped a vehicle in Mal Khan area of the northern part of Salang Highway. Acting police …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban released nine local policemen, including their commander, who were kidnapped from Baghlan province three weeks ago. Release of the policemen was secured through mediation of tribal elders. Commander of the group, Zahir, said that Taliban were beating them and even signed their death warrant. He …

PUL-I-ALAM: Police on Sunday arrested the mayor of central Logar province from his office on corruption charges in compliance with orders from the president, an official said. Logar police chief Brig Gen Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the mayor, Ahmad Khan Ulfat, was arrested in the afternoon. He …

AT-KABUL: At least five Taliban militants have been killed in military offensive in northern Parwan province, said a local security official. Sakhidad Keftan, a commander of the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that Afghan security forces have launched a large-scale military operation against militants in Ghorband district of the Parwan. …

AT-KABUL: Militants stormed several government buildings in central Logar province the other night, said local security officials. Logar police chief, Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai, said that insurgents launched attacks on Charkh and Kherwar districts’ administrative office buildings and a number of military checkpoints in Baraki Barak district and Pol-e-Alam, the capital …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The dead body of a 20-year-old girl was found in central Panjshir province on Wednesday, after she went missing from her home 20 days back. A security official said the girl was a resident of Dasht-e-Reyot locality. Shaikh Ahmad, 1st district police chief in Bazarak said after …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A cache of nearly 200 weapons of different types has been recovered in eastern Khost province, said official on Monday. According to Khost governor’s office, the weapons were seized during a raid carried out in Spina Piyala area of Alisher district. The source said the cache included …

AT-KABUL: Provincial government of Nangarhar on Friday claimed arrest of seven Taliban fighters. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, said that Afghan security forces have nabbed six militants along a notorious Taliban commander in Ghanikhel district. The spokesman identified the Taliban commander as Mirdad. Providing details about the …