Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Since Afghan refugees in Pakistan were harassed and also illegal put behind bars, some 70,000 registered Afghan refugees were voluntary repatriated to Afghanistan from northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during current year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. According to the Voluntary Repatriation Centers of United Nation …

35 people killed, more than 100 wounded, mostly civilians in a series of suicide attacks in Kabul; three terrorists killed in Shahr-e-Naw after 11 hours-long battle; security forces successfully rescued 42 people, including ten foreigners. Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 35 people, including security forces, were killed and more than 100 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured Janikhel, a strategic district in southeastern Paktia province following an operation that killed at least 12 Taliban insurgents, a provincial officials said on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Asadullah Sherzad, commander of the 203rd Spin Ghar Police Zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News the …

AT-KABUL: At least sixty-one Taliban insurgents were killed and twenty-nine others wounded in different operations lunched by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army …

AT-KABUL: At least three bombers attacked a building of the Care non-government organization in Kabul last night and the clashes were ended today morning after all three attackers were killed by Afghan forces, said officials. Last night at 11:10 pm in first a car bomb exploded in front of the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: To avoid the current challenges and also to introduce a new face of the country to the world, a group of young Afghans are finding freedom among the blast walls through the jumping, back-flipping sport of Parkour. Kabul Boys Parkour Team is the first ever waves of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar said that Pakistan has promised to go against those who do not want peace talks with the Afghan government, but Pakistan did not do this. “They lied to us.  Islamabad said the Taliban leader was not in Pakistan, but then …

AT-KABUL: The government of Japan which is a major contributor to Afghanistan’s reconstruction, has pledged $538,009 for a new demining project in the Sarobi district of Kabul. Hiroshi Takahashi the ambassador of Japan signed the grant contract with Arifullah Azimi, Managing Director of Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation (ARE) …

It seems that the daily traffic accidents would not change the drivers. The road mishaps also failed to wake up the authorities who are responsible for maintaining roads and implementing traffic laws. Due to inattention of the government officials and careless drivers, people are facing death threats on daily basis …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Twin bombings near to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Kabul, the capital city killed at least 24 people and wounded around 91 others, officials said. Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in front of the entrance of the (MoD) around 3:30 when the ministry staffers were …