Archive for January 9th, 2021

Forces ready for full-pledged Taliban spring war: Andarabi

Interior Minister Massoud Andarbai on Monday said the Taliban were preparing for a full-pledged war in coming spring and security forces were also preparing to counter the offensive under a single operation unit.

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PTM leader Syed Alam arrested in Peshawar

Police have arrested a renowned Pashton Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Syed Alam Mased in Peshawar, the capital of Khayber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.

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6 ANA soldiers killed in Ghazni insider attack

Security sources in southern Ghazni province said six Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel were killed in an insider attack by a Taliban infiltrator on Tuesday.

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Car-bomb destroyed in Helmand blitz before reaching target

A bomb-rigged vehicle was destroyed in an airstrike in Lashkargah, the capital city of southern Helmand province, on Tuesday.

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Afghan officials skeptical of Tehran’s offer to send Iran-led militia to fight Islamic State

Iran’s foreign minister says it is willing to reposition an Iran-led Afghan militia in Syria to fight Islamic State forces in Afghanistan.

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Armed Robberies Persist, Kabul Residents Demand Action

“They (robbers) have destroyed us. I am a taxi driver, but I can’t go anywhere,” said Abdul Matin, a resident in Kabul. Armed robbers on Sunday night robbed a pharmacist in the west of Kabul, stealing his money and mobile phones.

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Danish: Taliban Seek Collapse of System by Opposing Constitution

Danish said that the current Constitution of Afghanistan has been ratified in full compliance with Islamic traditions and the values of the Afghan people. Afghanistan’s Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Tuesday said that the Taliban’s opposition to the current Constitution of Afghanistan is meant to cause the collapse of the system.

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Danish calls for probe into Pakistan attack on Hazara coal miners

Second Vice President Sarwar Danish has called on Pakistan and the international community to probe the “cowardly” attack on coal miners, seven of whom were Afghan nationals, by extremists groups in Pakistan and prosecute the culprits.

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Kabul in the dark as Uzbekistan power is cut

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s National Power Company, said Tuesday that electricity imported from Uzbekistan for Kabul and some other provinces has been cut due to technical issues regarding the neighboring country’s power plants.

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NDS chief tells MPs Chinese spy ring was bust but provides no details

The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Ahmad Zia Saraj confirmed Tuesday that a Chinese spy ring had been arrested in Kabul.

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