report in The Sunday Observer, Aug 6, 2023The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been placed on high alert against Sri Lankans leaving the country with doctored foreign visas and passports, recruited by human traffickers in return for large fees, a top official said yesterday. From the beginning of last week, at least seven people including one woman were taken in for questioning by Immigration Border Service Agents deployed under cover at the BIA, Immigration Controller…
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report in The Daily Star, July 25, 2023With the arrest of the ameer of militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya yesterday and arrest of its many top leaders and operatives earlier, the group has lost much of its strength, said officials of Rab and CTTC. The law enforcers had previously identified the group as a serious security threat due to its combat training, operational tactics, and activities. Members of the elite force arrested ameer…
Editorial in The Nation, July 8, 2023On Thursday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament took notice of the leakage of citizens’ data by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), directing the interior ministry to investigate the matter. Even though data security issues have been around for a while, the matter has gained further attention with the information of military officials being leaked, highlighting how serious the threat is and how it continues to…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 10:14 PMThe Islamic Emirate has conducted 70 military operations in the past year with the aim of suppressing the Khorasan branch of Daesh group in Afghanistan, officials reported. According to government-provided numbers, more than a hundred Daesh fighters have been killed in these operations. The operations of the Islamic Emirate forces intensified against Daesh hideouts in Kabul, Herat, Balkh and other provinces. Ijaz Amin Ahangar, the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 20, 2023Uzbekistan dispatched 185 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to officials. The humanitarian aid of 185 tons included food comprising flour, wheat, vegetable oil, pasta, canned goods, sugar, and instant food items, said an official statement reported by Gazeta. UZ. The humanitarian aid was dispatched to Hairatan and transferred by the Uzbek special representatives Ismatulla Irgashev, First Deputy Head of Surkhandarya region…
report in Khaama Press online, March 31, 2023Taliban have shut down Radio Sadai-e- Banowan in northeastern Badakhshan province over an alleged violation of the ruling regime’s broadcasting policy, according to the officials of the local radio station. According to the Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in Badakhshan province, Moezuddin Ahmadi, the women-run radio station was forced to cease its operation due to broadcasting music, during the holy month of Ramadan, according to local sources.…
report in TOLOnews, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:05 PMSeveral male tailors in Charikar, the capital of Parwan province, said that they had received verbal orders from officials of the department of virtue and vice prohibiting them from making clothing for women. Tailors said that with the closing of their shops, they are facing economic challenges. “10,000 Afs is the rent of the shop, there are student expenses, and we used to meet all our expenses…
by Sangam Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 12, 2023updated at 22:41 hrsA months-long import ban on several products described as luxury items caused revenues to plunge so sharply that the government has been forced to slash the budget for lack of cash, officials said. The government lifted the embargo after eight months in early December following pressure from the private sector and the International Monetary Fund, but by then it had left lasting repercussions…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press,Feb 5, 2023Afghan caretaker government security officials have reported a blast that took place in ‘Pashtunistan Square’ in district two of Kabul city late Saturday. Khalid Zadran Spokesperson of Kabul Police Command has confirmed the incident to Khaama Press that an explosion took place on Saturday evening in Pashtunistan Square. Mr. Zadran said the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine placed in a Toyota ‘Hilux’ vehicle, which injured two…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 12, 2022Following an operation by intelligence forces in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, local officials claimed to have discovered and destroyed an ISIS hideout. The intelligence operation reportedly took place in Jalalabad’s police district 4 on late Sunday, December 11, after obtaining intelligence information, according to the state-run Bakhtar News Agency. According to the local officials cited in Bakhtar’s report, during the…