Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: With new defense minister at office and strategy change in fighting ground, the anti-Taliban winter operations have taken heavy toll on the Taliban insurgents as 49 of its fighters were killed Tuesday, while 97 other on Monday, a totally of (146) death casualties within a week. 97 Taliban insurgents …
Read More »‘3rd Kabul Process’ comes under microscope
AT-KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman on Monday met with Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (UNSRSG) Ambassador Tadamichi Yammoto, where they discussed important issues, including the upcoming 3rd meeting of the Kabul Process. The two sides discussed and exchanged views on the agenda, participation and …
Read More »Iran says its engagement with Taliban aimed at helping Afghan peace
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban are seeking peace with the Afghan government and Iran is helping the process to promote stability and peace in the country, the secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran told (IRNA) on Monday. ‘Iran is peace-seeking and has no domineering intentions,’ said Ali Shamkhani …
Read More »War in Ghazni, Ghor, Badghis; Lawmakers call for action on insurgency
KABUL: Members of parliament are worried about the security in the provinces of Ghor, Ghazni and Badghis, calling on the government to be serious in ensuring security. They claimed on Monday that armed opposition groups have recently received modern and sophisticated weapons in these three provinces and have inflicted casualties …
Read More »Afghans Know India as Old Friend, Says Hamid Ansari as Trump Mocks India’s Library Funding in War-torn Nation
Donald Trump had taken a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying it was of no use in the war-torn country. NEW DELHI: Amid global discussion on India-Afghanistan ties after US President Donald Trump’s recent remark, former vice president Hamid Ansari has said that Indian …
Read More »Security forces hammer Taliban hideouts in Logar
KABUL: The Afghan security service (NDS) raided Taliban hideouts in southern Logar province as part of counterterrorism operation there to curb the militantmovement, officials said on Monday. The National Security Directorate said its operatives in a joint operation with the police raided several hideouts of the extremist Taliban in Khosi …
Read More »Guns, ammunition seized in Kabul
KABUL: Police authorities said Monday that firearms and ammunition have been seized in an operation targeting terrorist cells in Kabul city. Kabul police have discovered and confiscated one AK-47 rifles, four boxes of PK bullets, three boxes of AK-47 bullets, three boxes of RPGs and one box of grenade launcher …
Read More »Editorial:2019 Presidential polls
Though the United States is preferring taking away the peace process to its logical conclusion and for the purpose its suggestion of delaying the Presidential Polls from April till next July. However, electioneering process is taking place in Kabul whereas the aspirants and their supporters are engaged in heals and …
Read More »Drug labs busted up in Nangarhar
KABUL: Afghan security forces discovered and busted two huge drug labs in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials. Two big narcotic labs were busted and drugs set ablaze in Shinwar district of Nangarhar, said Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani. He said that 60 sacks of opium with some other materials discovered from …
Read More »ARCS treats1,000 children with congenital heart disease
KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said on Monday it has funded the treatment of 1,742 patients with heart disease in 2018. ARCS has treated 1742 children with disease of hole in heart inside the country and in abroad, which reveal 60 percent increase in treatment. Last year 1200 children …
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