By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) on Wednesday released a report revealing that armed insurgents including Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS), aka, Daesh terrorists are being beefed by illegally digging mines. A survey conducted by the AACN showed that insurgents gained $46 million through illegal extraction of minerals …

Since the collapse of the Taliban regime, the terrorist outfit is turning every available stone in fight against Afghan and foreign forces. The group uses every step in their fight—from face-to-face fight to suicide attacks—from coordinated attacks to covert ones. But at every front, the insurgents failed to defeat Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents have continued for the last three days in Sangin district of Helmand province, in which 32 insurgents were killed and 49 others wounded, security official said. Three Afghan National Army were also killed in the attack. Clash erupted …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban have newly planted landmines in over 400 sq km lands across the country during the past two years, said State Ministry for Disaster Management Affairs (SMDMA). Newly planted areas are mostly located in insecure parts of the country. It was due the Afghanistan to reach its …

Insurgents control only eight districts; clearance operations continue there: MoD By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday rejected a report released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that the government was controlling less than 60 percent of the territory. As of November, the government …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Counter-Narcotics-Police (CNP) has arrested 11 drug runners in the past one week, security officials said on Wednesday. CNP has apprehended 11 smugglers through different crackdown and handed over them to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings, said a statement issued by the CJTF. It …

Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with …

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation the other day criticized US President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travel to the United States from seven mainly Muslim countries. “Such selective and discriminatory acts will only serve to embolden the radical narratives of extremists,” OIC said in a statement on its website. It …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six people died and 12 others wounded in a traffic accident in western Herat province, local officials said on Tuesday. The accident took place early morning when a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Shindand district, said Jilani Farhad, provincial governor’s spokesman. “At …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Halima Sadat, the provincial council members of Jawzjan province on Tuesday told local media that heavy snowfalls have taken the lives of 47 people, following no access to health facilities and proper shelters. “People are facing lack of proper shelters, where heavy snowfalls also cut off access …