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Threats to Afghan Media by Warring Sides Spark Outrage

6th May, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Media advocates and international partners of Afghanistan have denounced the Taliban insurgency for threatening local journalists for allegedly not being impartial in their reporting of the country’s long war. The warning coincided with allegations that the chief of the Afghan spy agency had also made a

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Ashraf Ghani Government, Freedom of Speech, NDS, Press Freedom, Zia Siraj |
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Threatening of media by Taliban, NDS shocking: watchdog

5th May, 2021 · admin

1TV: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Twitter claimed that some media outlets have been disseminating NDS propaganda and are not maintaining impartiality. He warned of actions if this continues. Meanwhile, NDS chief Zia Siraj, speaking in a closed-door session of parliament, said that some TV stations spreading propaganda benefiting the Taliban is shocking and will

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Posted in Media, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, NDS, Zabihullah Mujahid, Zia Siraj |
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Taliban Attacks Up 24% Since US-Taliban Deal: NDS Chief

11th April, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: The head of the Afghan intelligence agency, Ahmad Zia Saraj, at a session with MPs on Sunday said that Taliban attacks have increased by 24% following the signing of the Doha agreement last year, adding that the group has launched 20,600 attacks since last March. Saraj said that the Taliban has not made

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Zia Saraj, NDS |
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NDS deputy tells Senate Taliban taking orders from Pakistan

30th March, 2021 · admin

Ariana: The Afghan National Security Directorate of Afghanistan (NDS) said Tuesday that the Taliban has no authority in making a decision in the Afghan peace process as the group is “taking orders from Pakistan.” The national spy agency claimed that Pakistan has called Taliban commanders to Peshawar and Quetta in preparation for the Taliban’s spring

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: NDS, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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China ‘unaware’ of any Afghan deportation of Chinese on spying charges: report

8th January, 2021 · admin

Ariana: China is unaware of the deportation of Chinese nationals from Afghanistan on spying charges said Hua Chunying a foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday to Reuters. This comes as Ahmad Zia Saraj, chief of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) told Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Afghan parliament on Monday that he could confirm

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: NDS |
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Afghan Intelligence Busts Chinese Spy Cell in Kabul: Report

26th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: Afghanistan’s intelligence agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—has busted a 10-member Chinese module operating a terror cell in the city of Kabul, the Hindustan Times has reported quoting some diplomats and security officials.  According to the Hindustan Times, the crackdown has come as a huge embarrassment for Beijing, which has been trying to

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: ISI, NDS |
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Wolesi Jirga votes in favor of six ministers and head of NDS

30th November, 2020 · admin

Ariana: The Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) Monday voted in favor of six nominated ministers and Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) but rejected two nominees proposed by the government. The MPs voted for eight nominated ministers and NDS Chief during a general session of Parliament. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Political News | Tags: NDS, Wolesi Jirga |
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Taliban strongholds in Pakistan give group platform to wage war: NDS

23rd November, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Ariana: Ahmad Zia Saraj, the acting head of the national directorate of security (NDS), said Monday that because the Taliban has active and secure strongholds in Pakistani cities, the group has been able to intensify the conflict in Afghanistan. Saraj said this was enabling the Taliban to continue a proxy war. Saraj stressed that the

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Zia Saraj, NDS, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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US Officials Say Dead al-Qaida Leader Not Group’s Number 2

26th October, 2020 · admin

By Jeff Seldin VOA News October 26, 2020 WASHINGTON – The United States is confirming the death of a high-ranking al-Qaida official in Afghanistan – only it appears the dead terrorist is not the group’s second-in-command, as has been reported. A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the death of al-Qaida’s Abu Muhsin

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: NDS |
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Afghan Security Forces Kill Top Al-Qaeda Leader

25th October, 2020 · admin

By RFE/RL Gandhara October 25, 2020 Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior Al-Qaeda leader who was also wanted by the United States. Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said in a tweet on October 24 that Masri, believed to be the No. 2 figure in Al-Qaeda, was killed by special forces in central Ghazni Province. It

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Science and Technology, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ghazni, NDS |
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