Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan and US troops freed Ali Haider Gilani, son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani during an operation in eastern part of the country, who will be officially handed over to Pakistani officials in Kabul tomorrow (Wednesday) , officials confirmed Tuesday. “Gilani was released through …

AT-KABUL: The Federal Republic of Germany donated 5.3 million Euros to the Afghan government for the improvement of water sector in three provinces. An agreement was signed between Abdul Sattar Murad, Minister of Economy and Hanns Brend Kuchta, Germany’s GIZ Program Director. “The reform program for water was one of …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan National Border Police have seized 9,700 kilograms ammonium nitrate, used by Taliban militants to make bombs and other explosives. “The ammonium nitrate was recovered in a Pakistani truck heading for Afghanistan during a search operation at Torkham area late Monday,” interior ministry said in a statement, referring …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah asked the armed opposition groups to put their guns down and join the peace negotiation with the government. “The armed insurgents should stop hostility with people and join in peaceful live with the government,” Abdullah said, without clarifying the groups. …

AT-KABUL:  100 Taliban insurgents were killed and 55 others injured in different offensives launched by the police forces in the past 24 hours, a security official said Tuesday. Interior ministry spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi said that police were fully helped by the Afghan National Army and National Directorate of Security during the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 34 policemen and a local police commander along with their weapons and ammunition, defected to Taliban in the Do Laina district of western Ghor province, an official said Tuesday. “Afghan Local Police Commander Ziaul Haq had joined the Taliban with 29 of his comrades and …

KABUL: Ali Haidar Gilani, the son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Yusuf Reza Gilani, was rescued during a joint U.S-Afghan operation in Ghazni province on Tuesday morning. Gilani had been held hostage for three years by a suspected al-Qaeda-affiliated group. The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal, on his Facebook …

AT-KABUL: Thirty-six Taliban fighters were killed in different clearance operations across the country within the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said Monday. In a press release, the ministry said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security conducted operations against insurgents in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces killed seven Taliban militants and wounded 11 others when they attacked the Taiwara district of western Ghor province, an official said Monday. “Dozens of Taliban, led by their shadow governor Maulavi Taimour, attacked the Taiwara district with heavy and light weapons around 1:00am,” Pajhwok Afghan …

The death penalty will deliver neither the justice that victims deserve nor the security that Afghanistan seeks, Amnesty International said today. Six men were executed on May 8, 2016 after they were convicted for their involvement in a series of high-profile violent attacks – including the 2011 killing of former …