Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The opposition will deploy ‘all possible means’ to bring electoral reforms, said Ahmad Zia Massoud on Tuesday, taking umbrage at the government for surreptitiously ‘orchestrating fraud’ in the coming parliamentary elections. “We don’t want to go for a fraudulent vote, and rather we will deploy all possible …

AT-KABUL: The ongoing fiscal year saw exports rise by 32pc compared to same stint in the preceding year, said Minister of Commerce and Industries on Tuesday, thanks to cutting-edge trade and financial initiatives of considerable scale. Addressing a press conference, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industries Ajmal Hamid Abdul Rahimzaisaid …

AT-KABUL: More than 26 terrorists belonging to the Islamic State terror group have been arrested in raids conducted by intelligence operatives in Kabul, foiling plots of disrupting the coming Ashura rituals, said National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday. They had come to Kabul from across Afghanistan and were preparing …

AT-KABUL: A large number of religious scholars called for the pullout of the alien soldiers from Afghanistan, claiming that their presence had deteriorated the country’s security situation. They said in a large gathering Tuesday in Kabul that it was impossible to reach peace at the presence of foreign forces in …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council refuses Taliban’s demands for holding peace talks as preconditions that would “make trouble” ahead of the dialogues. Mohammad Ismael Qasemyar, an official of the council said Monday that no condition should be offered before the talks, asking the government to contemplate this. “The principle we …

AT-KABUL: The chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah accused those who want the Afghanistan-United States bilateral security agreement be reviewed of having personal goals, saying such demands would not help for security improvement. A number of parliament members had earlier called on the government to review the security pact with the United …

AT-Kabul: Afghanistan Land Authority – ARAZI – has surveyed over 1.2 acres of state-owned land through the State Land Bank in 28 provinces of the country. A statement said the survey began on late April based on a president’s decree, and more than one million and two hundred thousand acres …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Directorate said Monday it has killed at least 8 members of the Islamic State group in raids in eastern Nangarhar province, the latest operation against IS strongholds there. A statement issued by National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that intelligence special detachment operatives have conducted operation …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lawmakers on Monday once again urged the administration of President Ghani to reassess the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, a pact they believe has failed in bringing about stability in the conflict-ridden country. Legislators argued that they had sanctioned the bilateral pact in hope …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan refuted the news that it has expressed readiness to talk on restoration of Afghanistan-India trade route using Pakistani’s land. “Pakistan has not agreed to consider Afghanistan-India trade through our land,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said. The rejection came after US said that Pakistan is …