FARYAB (The Killid) – Afghan security forces carried attack against the militant group in Bul Chiragh district of Faryab Wednesday, killing at least nine Taliban and wounding further four, Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
According to the statement released Thursday, several areas and villages have also been freed from the militant group during the operation.
At least one Humvee tank, including a...
NANGARHAR (The Killid) – Officials foiled a possible blast in Nangarhar, eastern province of Afghanistan, Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
According to the statement released Thursday, provincial office of the Criminal Investigation Department prevented a vehicle full of explosive devices, which was due to go off in the province’s most crowded city of Jalalabad.
Armed government opposition group, who plotted to convey...
KABUL (The Killid) – Lutfullah Stanikzai is appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, according to the ACB.
“As per the ACB constitution, following the due procedure, Mr. @Lutfullah1504 has been appointed as the new CEO of Afghanistan Cricket Board,” ACB said in a tweet Wednesday.
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Asadullah Khan was holding the position prior to him.
Stanekzai holds a Master’s Degree...
Majority of the US soldiers said American war in Afghanistan and Iraq have been a catastrophic mistake, according to a survey by United States.
The survey, done by Pew Research Center, came out Wednesday, reporting 64 percent of a total 1,284 American soldiers believed war in Iraq was not worth fighing.
Meanwhile, 85 percent of the same participants in survey said the longest war...
KABUL (The Killid) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with a number of participants, who attended the intra-Afghan Dialogue earlier this week, at Presidential Palace Wednesday.
According to the statement by ARG, the participants expressed optimism saying the dialogues in Qatar can actually pave the way for a direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban for a political settlement in the...
KABUL (The Killid) – President Ashraf Ghani at the 5th Annual European Anit-Corruption Conference Wednesday said Afghans pay the price of war with their blood on daily basis, adding it is time now for peace and the opportunity should be grasped.
“We must know the price of war; if we do not know the price of war, we cannot take right decisions for...
KABUL (The Killid) – Officials arrested at least 11 suspects for drug trafficking and arm robbery in different parts of the Afghan capital, Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement Wednesday.
According to the statement, the ministry's special unit for combating narcotics in a joint operation Tuesday has captured nine drug traffickers from the second, fourth, eleventh, twelfth divisions and Bagrami district.
Police discovered...
KABUL (The Killid) – The Ministry of Higher Education said in statement Wednesday its administration will announce the result of Kankor test (also entrance exam) in few hours today.
According to the statement, the general results of the Kankor exams will be announced at a press conference at 1:30pm this afternoon, with specification from the first to fifth ranks.
· Afghanistan to Attract 85%...
The United States says it is working to form a military coalition to safeguard commercial shipping off the coast of Iran and Yemen, as tensions heightened in the region following attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf.
Under the proposal, a coalition of nations would safeguard strategic waters in the Gulf area and the sea between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, the chairman of the US Joint...
