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Kabul massacre; Taliban car bomber killed 95, wounded 158 people in Kabul city

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 95 people were killed and 158 more wounded Saturday after a car bomber detonated his vehicle near the old building of Ministry of Interior in Kabul city. The attacker used an ambulance to target a heavily-guarded area, where the old building for the ministry of …

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Car bomber targets police vehicle in Kandahar

AT News Report-KABUL: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled car next to a police vehicle patrolling in Kandahar city Friday evening, police and health officials said. The attack took place in the Ayno Mina township in the center of the city. Zia Dorrani, provincial police spokesman said that one police …

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Govt welcomes putting six Taliban officials in US black list

AT News Report-KABUL: The government said it welcomes putting the names of six former Taliban officials in the US black list. The US government said Thursday that it had enlisted the Taliban former officials including Abdul Samad Sani, governor of the Central Bank in the Taliban government. A US official …

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Stop Pashtun Genocide in Pakistan: ‘US should hold Pakistan accountable for Pashtun genocide and human rights violation in FATA’

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  The war affected families from Waziristan organized a big rally in Khost province against the ongoing Pashtun genocide in Pakistan, human rights violations in FATA and the extra judicial killing of Naqib Mahsood in a fake police encounter in Karachi. A large number of Pashtuns from Waziristan …

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I am not against the US, I am against what it does in Afghanistan: Karzai

AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai has said he would not be against the United States, but “what the US government is doing in Afghanistan, is unacceptable”. “The presence of the foreign troops has caused the increase of corruption and drug production in Afghanistan,” Karzai addressed a gathering in …

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Trump campaigner among dead in Intercontinental Hotel attack: Reports

AT News Report-KABUL: A member of the US president, Donald Trump electoral campaign was among the people killed in the Taliban’s attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, according to reports. In the 15-hour long attack on the luxury hotel that began on the weekend, 25 people were killed, according to the …

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7 civilians killed in militants rocket attack in Ghazni

AT-KABUL: Seven civilians were killed and three more were injured after Taliban fighters fired rocket smashed a house in southern Ghazni province Friday morning, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The seven killed civilians are members of the same family and include a woman and six children. Another three minors from …

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Tragedy spurs Afghanistan to unprecedented heights

Naveen-ul-Haq, the Afghanistan Under-19 captain, has dedicated the team’s maiden entry into the World Cup semi-finals to the victims of the attacks that have rocked Jalalabad and Kabul over the last two days. The entire team wore black armbands to mourn those who lost their lives during the quarter-final against …

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Deadly incident foiled in Nangarhar

AT-KABUL: A bloody incident was thwarted in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of the  eastern Nangarhar. “Members of Taliban network, who planned to transfer weapons and ammunition to run terrorist attack in Jalalabad city arrested by intelligence operatives,” said Governor Spokesman for Nangarhar Ataullah Khogyanai. He said that the arrested …

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Veterinarian clinic opened in Ghazni

AT-KABUL:  The building of veterinarian clinic after completion of construction inaugurated in Ghazni today. The complex was inaugurated with the participant of Governor and other provincial officials A press statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said that this complex was established for improving livestock and …

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