Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister, Eklil Hakimi on Saturday met with Hakam Khan Habiib, governor of Khost province at his office, where the two discussed provincial development projects. “They discussed economic conditions of this province, developing and infrastructure projects, construction of industrial parks, airport and roads in this province, brining reforms and …

AT-KABUL: Militants loyal to Daesh (Islamic State) group set on fire 65 residential houses in eastern Nangarhar province. “Daesh militants have torched 65 empty residential houses in Baba Ghondi area of Kot district in Nangarhar province yesterday,” said spokesman for provincial governor Attaullah Khogiani. He said that most of the …

AT-KABUL: At least 18 armed militants were killed and 13 others wounded in different provinces in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. A press statement issued here ministry of interior, said that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces launched four Counter-Terrorism joint operations to clear some of the …

AT-KABUL: The number of terrorist attacks is on the rise in Afghanistan, and security situation in Afghanistan remained a challenging, Russian officials said. “We urge the warring parties in Afghanistan, primarily the leaders of the Taliban movement, to renounce violence and to take urgent action to launch intra-Afghan dialogue,” Russian …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A report, released by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), underlined inflexibility in stance of the warring parties difficult conditions for dialogue and lack of will as main obstacles in the Afghan peace process. The report titled “Peace negotiation assessment in Afghanistan in the past four …

Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: A large number of youngsters from North Waziristan have demanded of the government to early arrange payment of monthly compensation to Temporary Displaced People (TDP’s) and take notice of increasing corruption and corrupt practices in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) Disaster Management Authority (FDMA). On the call of …

To fight terrorism state-to-state relations imperative: Afghan politicians to Russia By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Large number of Afghan politicians and civil society activists strongly condemned the trilateral meeting on Afghanistan which held on 27th December in Moscow. They urged Russia to focus on state-to-state relations in order to fight terrorism. Terming …

About 50 families are mourning as three terrorist incidents claimed the lives of nearly fifty people in the provinces of Kabul, Kandahar and Helmand, in which about 100 others were injured. The attacks took place near the parliament building in Kabul, inside the provincial governor’s residence in Kandahar and a …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday visited the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Kabul, and expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy over the death of UAE diplomats killed in Kandahar on Tuesday. The ex-president also wrote a message of sympathy on the book of condolences at …

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, had presented a very bleak picture of Afghan security forces on Wednesday in Washington. Sopko said that corruption was rampant in the Afghan security forces. According to the US inspector, the security forces have suffered heavy casualties and barely hold …