Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan National Police (ANP) officers have discovered and confiscated at least 70 roadside bombs in southern Helmand province, ministry of interior said Sunday. ANP has carried out clearance crackdowns in Garmsir and Greshk districts of Helmand, in which they discovered and seized 70 various types of …

AT News Report KABUL: The forthcoming Consultative Loya Jirga would be held on its due time (29 April), said President Ghani’s Special Envoy for Peace Umer Daudzai, hinting toward preparations which is in full swing and be held with or without Taliban participations. Briefing newsmen on Sunday, Daudzai said at …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and other Afghan leaders on Sunday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, in which hundreds of people were killed and wounded.  Officials in Sri Lanka said that 207 people were killed, 450 others wounded as explosions hit four hotels and three churches …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan’s Civil Service Institute’s (ACSI) Women’s Career Development Center has the equipment and information system it needs to help women who are seeking employment.  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided computers, small office equipment and a management information system to the center so that …

The people of Afghanistan maybe the only nation in the world that feel the pains of the victims of Sunday’s bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, because Afghans have been the victims of such deadly attacks for a long time. The multiple organized bomb attacks that were dismissed by most of …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned night raids against civilians in Ghazni province’s district of Gilan and the district of Nerkh in the neighboring province of Wardak, expressing concerns over inattention by the government. A number of civilians were killed and wounded in the night raids. …

AT News Reports KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province blame the government for not paying attention to the security situation in the provincial city, saying that the clashes were now at the gates of Kunduz city, the provincial capital with the same name. They say that they are worried …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least seven people including three security forces were martyred in a terrorist attack on the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) Saturday morning, said officials. Kabul Police Spokesman Basir Mujahid said that “five attackers were involved in terrorist attack over MoTIT, where all were …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 250 people have died and 300 more wounded by the flash floods recently targeted different provinces including the capital Kabul, an official said Saturday. Najib Aqa Fahim, state minister for national disaster management, said that also 15 people had gone missing during the flooding, …

A fresh round of violence gripped Afghanistan’s capital city where blasts near Ministry of Telecommunication shattered relative calm days in which numerous deadly attacks were carried out. It occurred days after revocation of talks between Afghan delegation and Taliban members to discuss how to end the country’s 18 years old …