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The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), Chief Masoom Stanikzai on Wednesday survived the vote of confidence in the Lower House of Parliament. Stanikzai was impeached by the lawmakers to explain about the recent security situation in the country. During today’s session at the Lower House, the lawmakers divided …

An Afghan TV journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in PD9 of southern Kandahar City on Wednesday morning, local officials confirmed. Abdul Manan Arghand, 31, who reported for Kabul News television network was killed by unknown motorcyclists while he was going to a market with his friends. The assailants …

The Taliban insurgent group on Wednesday announced the launch of its spring offensive under the name of “Al-Khandaq”. Operation Al-Khandaq – named after a famous seventh century battle in Medina in which Muslim fighters defeated “infidel” invaders. In a statement released online on April 25, the militant group said the …

The government signed the agreement of an electricity project with Bayat Power Company that worth $38.85 million. The project is expected to produce up to 42 megawatts of electricity from gas in the northern Jawzjan province as part of the efforts to resolve the electricity shortage in the province. Signing …

Ghulam Farooq Qata, a former commander of Hezb-e-Jamiat Islami Afghanistan, has been killed in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Faryab province, an official said Tuesday. Provincial Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish told Ariana News that last night Taliban militants attacked over Shirinak village in Almar district of the province. …

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko has said the war in Afghanistan will not end if corruption is not fought and this phenomenon should not be a second priority. Spoko was addressing the fourth Annual Anti-Corruption Conference of European Union (EU) in Kabul on Tuesday. The …

Two Afghan policemen have been arrested in accusation of selling a checkpoint to the Taliban insurgents in Ghazni province, local police officials said Tuesday. Provincial police chief Mohammad Zaman Khosti has told reporters that the policemen wanted to surrender Amin Qala checkpoint located in Andar district of the province to …

Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank) says 36 percent of the citizens not putting their money in banks because of the interest rate as the banks paying them on their money. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of first Islamic Bank on Tuesday in Kabul, the Deputy Head of the central bank …

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has extended the voter registration period to an extra month in a bid to increase the people’s participation in the process. IEC has begun registering voters across the country as the commission seeks to ensure that long-delayed legislative elections in October are seen as credible …

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has once again lashed out the United States, saying the U.S. “bad” policies “have deteriorated security in Afghanistan. Speaking to delegates at an Institute Of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) event in India, Karzai said the object of the U.S. behind its intervention in Afghanistan …

The population registration centers in the capital Kabul remained closed today after a deadly suicide attack killed at least 57 and wounded 119 others outside a voter registration center in the west of the City on Sunday. “After the incident, we closed our centers in Kabul City, our offices remained …

Five members of a single family were among the victims of Sunday’s deadly suicide attack at a population registration center in Kabul that left at least 57 people dead, all civilians.  Mohammad Jawad Qaseemi, a father, and brother who left behind six children after the Islamic State-claimed attack outside a …

Afghan security forces have killed 17 Islamic State (IS) militants during an operation in Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Monday. Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal, the provincial police chief’s spokesman said the operation was carried out on Sunday night in Gorgori area of the district that also …

The Taliban militants abducted four passengers of a commuter bus which had reportedly left Ghor province for Herat city, according to the local authorities. Spokesperson of Herat governor, Jilani Farhad said that the incident took place in Dareh Takht area of Chesht-e-Sharif district. He further added that the local elders …

10 Afghan forces were killed in two separate Taliban attacks which stroke a voters registration center and a security outpost in different parts of the western Badghis province, according to local officials. Seven Afghan National Army soldiers were killed after they were attacked by the Taliban in a voters’ registration …

Three brothers were beheaded by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh terrorist group in Chaparhar district of the eastern Nangarhar province, according to the local authorities. “The incident took place, last night in Tirili area of Chaparhar district,” Nangarhar governor’s spokesperson, Attaullah Khogyani told Ariana …

More than 160 cases of violence against journalists have registered in the last solar year, reports said. Of the 164 cases of violence against journalists, 48 of them have been reportedly addressed by the government. According to statistics, 19 cases of murder, 40 cases of injury, and 16 cases of …

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS) on Sunday signed three major projects in the planning and procurement process of Bamyan and central provinces with three foreign companies, worth $80 million. DABS signed the contract for major development projects with three foreign companies including KEC, M/S XINJIANG Electric Power Construction Co LTD, …

Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday officially outlined a new timeline for parliamentary and district council elections. According to the new election calendar, May 26 up to June 12, 2018, is set as the period for candidates to file their nomination forms. In addition, the commission will announce the …

At least four people were killed and six others injured after a car ran over a roadside bomb in northern Baghlan province, local officials said. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Khwaja Alwan area of Pul-e-Khumeri City, the capital of Baghlan province. According to the local officials, all …