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Terror group busted in Kabul: NDS

KABUL) office, has been arrested by intelligence operatives in Kabul, an official said on Saturday. With the arrest, a huge terrorist bid had been prevented in the capital city, the NDS spokesman, Lutfullah Mashal, told a news conference. He identified…

Faryab NDS chief succumbs to injuries

MAIMANA (PAN): A provincial intelligence chief succumbed to his injuries at an ISAF facility in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Monday, officials said. Faryab National Directorate of Security (NDS) head, Brig. Gen. Syed Ahmad Sadat, was wounded…

District intelligence chief killed (UPDATED)

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN) for District 5 of Kunduz City, was killed and three civilians were injured in a roadside blast in Kunduz, an official said Thursday. Mohammad’s vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Sher Khan Bandar area of the…

NDS and Foreign Ministry deputies barred from Senate

KABUL on Sunday refused to allow the deputy foreign minister and deputy intelligence chief to brief senators. The two were to discuss Afghanistan’s security situation and the proposed strategic cooperation agreement with the US on behalf of the foreign minister…

ANA officer held on suspicion of planning attacks

ABUL (PAN): The National Directorate of Security (NDS. On Saturday, NDS spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told a press conference that the officer was in charge of maintaining security for army headquarters in the Shashdarak, Khwaja Boghra, and Pul-e-Charkhi areas of Kabul…

Pakistani among several militants detained

KABUL): A six-member militant group led by a female has been arrested in southern Ghazni province, the intelligence service said on Tuesday. The group included a Pakistani Taliban spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told a press conference in Kabul. The suspects had…

Government phone expenses exceed $10 million since March

KABUL): Last year the government’s telephone bill was over $10 million (roughly 519 million afghanis). The Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Culture and Information generated 42 percent of those costs, an official said Monday. Haji Mohammad Aqa, a Finance Ministry…

Helmand governor survives explosion

LASHKAR GAH (PAN employees in the southwest province of Kandahar, an official said on Wednesday. Mangal was on his way to the funeral of President Hamid Karzai’s brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, in Kandahar province Wednesday morning when a mine explosion…

NDS seizes large quantity of weapons and ammunition

KABUL) officials have seized caches of weapons and ammunition across the country, officials said Monday. The caches were discovered in Parwan, Kapisa, Logar, Balkh, Jawzjan, Paktia, Kabul, Kunar, Kandahar and Farah provinces based on tips from locals, the NDS statement…

Would-be suicide bomber killed in Kabul

KABUL): A would-be suicide attacker was killed on Tuesday in the 12th police district of Kabul before he could assault an intelligence operative, an official said. The assailant, who wanted to target the intelligence official's vehicle in the Nawrozabad area…

Taliban chief’s killing can’t be verified: NDS

KABUL Mohammad Omar has been missing for the last four days, but his death could neither be confirmed nor repudiated, a spokesman for the Afghan spy service said on Monday. Earlier in the day, a National Directorate of Security (NDS.…

Osama has major role in Afghan turmoil: NDS

KABUL and his killing was a big achievement in the war on terror, the country's spy service said Saturday. The world when US commandos stormed his compound in the town of Abbottabad. The covert raid was carried out without the…

Boys being forced into suicide attacks: NDS

KABUL): Most of suicide bombers were forced to carry out attacks in the country, the Afghan intelligence service alleged on Tuesday. One of the attackers, a Pakistani militant, recently surrendered to Afghan forces in eastern Nangarhar province, a spokesman for…