Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifteen militants of the Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban insurgents were jointly embraced peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. The former militants, included eight Islamic State (IS), known as Daesh terrorist group along with a commander, and seven Taliban insurgents, including …
Read More »Fear is not real; it’s a product of thoughts we create. Danger is real, but fear is a choice!!
By Anjan Majumdar-A fighter, who creates a team or a family or club or school; usually does not want to leave or use the statement like ‘I won’t be there’ or ‘I will not participate’ or ‘I will quit’! An organizer is like a mother, who conceives the child and …
Read More »Editorial: Resolve e-NIC issue
Identity card is a national document issued to citizens of a country everywhere around the globe. Takzira (National Identity Card) is a recognized proof of our identity, citizenship and residence. For the last few years, one among the long debated issue has been the rollout of Electronic National Identity cards …
Read More »Danish denies claims of distortion of constitution
AT-KABUL: Second Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danish rejected the allegations on the distortion in the constitution, saying there were political conspiracies behind the claim. Some lawmakers and politicians had earlier claimed that a number of the constitution articles had been distorted. Danish termed the Afghan constitution as the best one …
Read More »Senate asks for Iranian envoy summon over Afghans’ dead in Syria
AT-KABUL: The senators expressed concerns over the killing of Afghan citizens in the Syrian war, calling on the foreign ministry to summon Iran’s ambassador. Afghan migrants in Iran reportedly take part in the Syrian war in the framework of the Fatemyoun unity, and hundreds of them have been killed and …
Read More »52 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 52 militants were killed and 21 others were wounded in different operations carried out by the security forces during the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. In a statement, Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National …
Read More »Three key Taliban members detained in Paktika
AT-KABUL: Three senior members of the Taliban insurgents have been detained during an Afghan National Police ambush in the Zirok district of southeastern Paktika province, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Tuesday. The police also sized one vehicle, one radio handset and some amount of ammunition from …
Read More »‘MPs will expose if caught in interventions’
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The government will expose lawmakers who deemed it fit to interfere in recruitment process of the ministries amid at taking leverage based on nepotism. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday urged the members of the parliament to refrain interfering in recruitment process in the ministries. In that …
Read More »Gilan’s links with Haqqani terrorist network surfaced
AT-KABUL: The ex-spy chief, Rahmatulalh Nabil has revealed the links between Sayed Hamid Gilani and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network—a extremist group in which according to National Directorate of Security (NDS), was the mastermind of May 31 Kabul truck bombing. In that bombing, more than 150 Kabul residents martyred, and …
Read More »Meet Baheer Shah, the Afghan wunderkind who is outdoing Bradman
The 18-year-old currently has the highest batting average of all time in first-class cricket Here’s a trivia question: of players with more than 1,000 first-class runs, who has the highest average? Most cricket fans would guess Don Bradman, and up until recently, they’d have been right. But, for the time …
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