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Helmand Base Attack Exposes Intelligence Weakness in Security Institutions: Analysts

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

A number of Afghan military analysts say last week’s Taliban attack on Camp Shorab in southern Helmand province in which dozens of the security forces were killed and wounded,  exposes the intelligence weakness in the security institutions.  

At least 25 Afghan soldiers were killed and scores more wounded in the attack which targeted the 215 Maiwand Army Corps in volatile Helmand.

According to the officials, the attack was the Taliban’s third attempt to overrun Camp Shorab, a strategic military installation in the province.

“The Taliban are making better plans and have clear goals, it take them months to plan their attacks while the government is failed to prevent such kind of attacks,”  said Mohammad Agul Mujahid, an Afghan military analyst based in Kabul.

It is not the first time, the Taliban are storming military bases in Afghanistan, on April 2017, the armed group launched a deadliest-ever assault on a major military base in northern Balkh province which left more than 250 soldiers dead.

“It is clear, military bases are their [the Taliban] main political and economic targets, therefore, they are trying to use different directions to storm such camps which bring military and political value for them,” said Atiqullah Amarkhil, a Kabul based military analyst.

The government, however, said that the attacks on major Afghan military bases are being planned outside the country.

Asadullah Khalid, the Acting Defense Minister said that the attackers of Camp Shorab had influenced in Maiwand Corps and that their attack had been planned across the Durand Line.

The attack on Camp Shorab come even as U.S. officials are holding talks with the Taliban in Qatar to seek a negotiated solution to end the war in war-weary in Afghanistan.  

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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TAPI gas company CEO satisfied with project’s progress

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

The minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar met with the executive director of the TAPI project and the ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul on Thursday to discuss progress around the key project.

Murad Amanov, head of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project, expressed his satisfaction with the recent progress of the project and talked about the practical roll out of the project.

Delawar said that the preliminary work of TAPI is progressing quickly and that the pipeline will be put into operation in the near future.

TAPI is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.

The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.

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