Global Link and Analysis Hub (AGAH) head, Intizar Khadim, was released after spending three days in intelligence service’s custody yesterday.
Intizar Khadim was detained by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel as he returned to Afghanistan from India on last Wednesday.
Earlier, the Wolesi Jirga members and civil society activists said Khadim had been arrested in violation of the law and should be set...
Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar governor, told Killid that five Daesh militants have been killed and four injured in Afghan security forces’ operations in Khogyani district over the past 24 hours.
He added that bodies of the Daesh insurgents remain on the battle field.
Khogyani further stated that most of the areas were cleared of Daesh.
Daesh militants are yet to comment.
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The death toll has risen to four as Israeli forces violently crack down on Palestinian protesters in besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Local media reported that an 18-year-old Palestinian, Muhammad Amin Aqel al-Adam, died after being shot by the Israeli military during Friday protests near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Adam allegedly attempted to attack Israeli forces.
Another Palestinian in...
Security officials in north and northeast zone said that Taliban recruitment in-charge for suicide attacks was arrested in Faryab province.
Nasrullah Jamshidi, spokesman for Shaheen 209 corps, told media that the commander was arrested during a search operation by Afghan security forces.
He added that Mullah Sahar Gul, Taliban suicide recruitment in-charge, was arrested in a security check point in Pul-e-Maimana area of the province.
He...
Greece Foreign Minister Nikolaos Kotzias addressing the Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs said that Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece soon.
Kotzias said that Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani will arrive in Greece on Monday where he will establish Afghanistan embassy in Athens.
Meanwhile Afghan officials said that the embassy will help deal with tens of thousands of illegal Afghan migrants...
Officials at Ministry of Public Works said that heavy snow has closed major roads in Ghazni, Maidan Wardak and Bamyan provinces.
The ministry said efforts at clearing the snow from the roads were underway involving contracted firms and local councils.
Sayed Mehdi Rouhani, spokesman for public works ministry, said that they had registered 317 affected areas including highways and roads after the snow.
He added preparations...
President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the Population Registration Department to get ready for issuing electronic identity cards within coming days.
Humayun Muhtat, the census department head, wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday that the president had ordered them to be prepared rolling out the cards.
“I want to obtain my electronic ID cards as soon as possible,” he quoted the president as saying.
He said...
A dozen militants were killed and six others injured during security operations in various parts of the country in past 24 hours.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said the operations were conducted during the period in Nangarhar, Paktika, Kandahar, Farah, Faryab, Baghlan, Jawzjan and Helmand provinces.
In Kandahar, nine Taliban rebels were killed in the Shah Walikot district and their weapons seized, the...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on world powers to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine today and said the United States should reverse a decision recognising the city as Israel’s capital.
Addressing a summit of Muslim leaders in Istanbul, Erdogan described Washington’s decision last week as a reward for Israeli “terror acts” and said the city was a red line for Muslims.
According to...
Part of a US helicopter has crashed on a school in Okinawa, Japan, renewing tensions with the local population.
The window dropped on the school grounds, slightly injuring one boy, news agency Kyodo said.
The southern island of Okinawa hosts the largest US military presence in Japan.
Over the past years, a number of accidents and crimes have led to growing local opposition to the US...
