An Iranian national was arrested on drug trafficking charges in Farah province. Iqbal Baher, spokesman for Farah police, told Killid that the man wanted to transfer three kilograms of heroin to his country while he was arrested by security forces in ‘Mel 78’ border. He added that the drugs were placed in a vehicle. In a separate incident, a civilian was shot dead by Taliban in...
Addressing a gathering of his supporters in Balkh province yesterday evening, Atta Mohammad Noor said he rejected his resignation as governor of the province. He said, “I want to announce from here that my dismissal and apparently my resignation is completely rejected, it is not acceptable and we are rejecting it and we will take the further decisions, about this, after consultation with Jamiat-e-Islami...
Local officials in Nangarhar said that nine Daesh insurgents were either killed or injured in ongoing ‘Selab 4/9’ operations in Khogyani district. Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, said that four Daesh militants were killed and five injured in ground and air operations over the past 24 hours. He added that Perakhail and some other areas were cleared of Daesh in the district. Daesh militants are yet...
President Ashraf Ghani, during the meeting with members of International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) in Afghanistan, agreed upon participation of their representative in the High Economic Council sessions. A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that Ghani said the methods of cooperation between private and the state should be defined so that we can utilize the financial, intellectual and human resources assets. The statement...
US President Donald Trump asked Pakistan to take decisive action against the terrorist groups operating on its soil to help stabilise the region. Trump issued the call for Pakistan to crack down on the terrorists in a determined way soon after the White House unveiled a new national security strategy on Monday US media reported that US desired to continue its partnership and better relationship...
Two people were killed and at least 29 others were injured in a car bomb explosion targeting a security convoy in Helmand province yesterday evening. Abdul Salam Afghan, spokesman for Helmand police, told Killid that the blast ripped through the convoy of the Public Order Police in Lashkargah, provincial capital of Helmand. He added that among those injured were 12 public order police. No group has...
The UN Security Council is expected to vote today on a draft resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump made the announcement. Trump declared the move on December 6, saying at the time that the US would be moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The leaked Egyptian-drafted resolution...
The police chief for Aab Kamari district of Badghis province, Ghulam Rasoul, was killed in a clash with Taliban militants yesterday evening. Ahmad Amiri, spokesman for Badghis governor, told Killid that Rasoul was on his way to support Afghan forces after they came under attack by Taliban insurgents in their check post. Amiri added that one policeman was killed and two others were injured. Taliban have...
Officials at Kabul Municipality said that they have transferred bodies of 17 homeless drug addicts who have died due to subzero temperatures to forensic from different parts of Kabul city. Rahil Kohistani, head of cultural department at Kabul Municipality, said that most of the bodies were collected from PD 6th and Pul-e-Sokhta area of Kabul. The Afghan capital is plagued with homeless drug addicts, largely...
A group of gunmen have reportedly stormed a compound in Kabul PD 5th area and are clashing with security forces. Nasratullah Rahimi, deputy spokesman for Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI), told Killid that a number of gunmen are hiding in a building close to a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training centre in PD 5th, Afshar area and are clashing with security forces. There are...