Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: The Kabul Municipality on Monday started demolishing of illegal and unapproved construction in the 11 jurisdictions of Kabul city. In a statement issued here, Kabul Municipality said that with cooperation of Kabul police, the municipality started destruction of illegal buildings in the areas relevant to eleven jurisdictions. Several newly …

AT-KABUL: First Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament Abdul Zahir Qadir said that due to government negligence, Daesh militants have been deployed in northern Badakhshan province. “If the government further remains inattentive, the militants start targeting people,” Qadir said. Speaking at the plenary session of the …

AT-KABUL: Majority of fighters loyal to Daesh militants operating in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province are Pakistani nationals and receiving command from Pakistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI), provincial officials said. Documents recovered from Daesh insurgents revealed they had come from Pakistan to fight under the Name of Islamic State terrorist …

AT-KABUL: At least fifty-eight Taliban insurgents were killed and 28 others wounded in different crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Monday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …

It wasn’t quite as warm and dry as Afghanistan, but at least it didn’t rain on the country’s national cricket team when they met Ireland in Belfast on Thursday. The Afghan team is just 15 years old. Despite a bloody war and the ongoing insurgency, it has gone from strength …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met with the French and Turkish ambassadors to Kabul where he condoled with them over recent incidents. During meeting with French Ambassador François Richier, Karzai expressed deep sympathies and condolences to the French people and government over the recent terrorist attack in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Top American military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson said that the recent coup attempt in Turkey would have no impact on the US-led campaign to support Afghanistan in the war on terror. In an interview with Associated Press, he said that more than 500 Turkish troops …

 By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Senior official said that armed militants gain their major financial support from cultivation, production and smuggling of narcotic and threat security of Afghanistan. Second Vice of President Mohammad Sarwar Danish said that Taliban insurgents and the terrorist networks comprise the largest smugglers of the narcotics in Afghanistan. …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC) alleged that due to the government’s negligence in women and children’s rights protection, the forced child marriages has remained a matter of concern. “Lack of law enforcement, inappropriate traditions, existence of insecurity and immunity of culprits has been the …

Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, a Pashtun nationalist leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, urged Islamabad and Kabul to normalize the fragile bilateral relations. Chief of his own political faction, Qaumi Watan Party, said that removal of trust deficit between Pakistan and Afghanistan is imperative to ensure security in the two countries …