Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: At least 260 Taliban insurgents laid down arms and surrender after an 11-day military operation launched by the security forces in the northern Samangan province, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday. “The insurgents surrendered to the Afghan security forces in Dara-e-Suf district,” the ministry said in a statement. …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 123 fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group including a top commander were killed in ground and air attacks in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials, a government’s movement apparently in retaliation of the Saturday’s suicide attack on Kabul protesters which was claimed by the group. …

KABUL: Editor-in-chief of Afghanistan Times, Abdul Saboor Sarir, on Monday said that the newspaper is committed to serve Afghan nation while following the principles of professionality and journalistic ethics. At a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of Afghanistan Times, the editor-in-chief said that there were many ups and downs, but …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Times marked its tenth anniversary on Monday here. Scores of journalists, writers, former and current officials participated in a ceremony held in this connection. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, said that stability, impartiality and reporting about the current situation are not easy task particularly providing …

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said state to state relations with Pakistan are a bigger challenge for Afghanistan than the existence of terror groups such as Al-Qaeda and Taliban. In an interview with Geo News, the Afghan President alleged that Pakistan provides sanctuaries to terrorists and trains them, …

Insecurity is hanging like a mill-stone round the neck of policymakers in the power corridors as terrorism has claimed lives of 1,601 civilians and left 3,565 injured in the first half of the current year. Over 260 people were killed and 799 wounded alone in the capital city, Kabul. The …

India and Afghanistan will discuss stepping up defence cooperation when Afghanistan’s Army chief General Qadam Shah Shahim visits New Delhi in late August, officials said, adding Afghanistan was likely to add to its wish list a request for more Mi-25 as well as Mi-35 attack helicopters. Confirming the visit of …

KABUL: A UN report on Afghanistan published Monday shows a record number of civilian casualties since counting began in 2009, with 5,166 civilians recorded killed or maimed in just the first six months of this year, of whom almost one-third were children. The total civilian casualty figure recorded by the UN …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Sunday left for Russia on an official invitation by his Russian counterpart, where he would discuss mutual cooperation, his office said in a statement. He would stay in Russia for four days to discuss military cooperation. “Atmar will hold bilateral talks …

Daesh has become a deadly terrorist organization in Afghanistan despite the recently launched military operations in eastern Nangarhar province. The security forces have inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorist group but the command and control center of the group is still intact. The United States is also targeting Daesh fighters …