Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: At least thirty-one Taliban militants were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Afghan and foreign air forces in southern Helmand province, officials said Sunday. Provincial government media office said in a statement that the strikes were conducted in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai was saddened by learning of the death of a veteran scholar Professor Mohammad Fazel, his office said on Saturday. “Late Professor Fazel had been long serving his country’s education and higher education as a teacher, lecturer, principal, head, deputy minister and minister of education,” Karzai …

AT-KABUL: The mastermind of a July suicide attack against the enlightenment movement protesters that killed and wounded scores of demonstrators in Kabul city, was killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Saturday. “The organizer of the bombing on the enlightenment movement demonstration Abdul Qaiom, also known as …

AT-KABUL Eight local police officers all members of the same check post were killed by their colleague having links with the Taliban in southern Zabul province, officials said on Saturday. Eight local police were killed after their colleague who was working for the Taliban shot them at a checkpoint in …

AT-KABUL: At least 64 militants were killed and 16 others were wounded in different operations launched by the national army in the past 24 hours, the military said Saturday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National …

Achakzai suggested ‘International Pashtun Conference’ to highlight problems of ‘Lar o Bar’ Afghan. AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Head of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) in his latest appearance to the media had come hard against Pakistan and said that if Pakistan shun interfering into Afghanistan’s internal affairs, more …

Let’s put India—the time tested friend, and Pakistan—the neighbor to the boxing rank on Afghanistan situation to get a clear picture that which states is honest in the game. The Afghan people would observe the two states at the rank with an open-eye without blinking, and the interesting point is …

No military solution for Afghanistan dilemma: UN envoy AT-KABUL: The United Nations Security Council highlighted Afghanistan’s security challenges and other important issues including hidden agendas, the peace process and the ever-increasing necessity for regional and global cooperation. Mahmoud Saikal, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative in the United Nations has official complained to …

The United Nations in a new report has claimed that the security situation in Afghanistan has recently been worsened, saying that the conflicts between security forces and Taliban militants topped in the year of 2016, is still continuing. The recent terrorist attacks particularly the ones against security organs (police district …

Our Correspondent-PESHAWAR: Known tribal elder Malik Darya Khan Zakhakhel has shown concern over closure of Pak-Afghan Torkham crossing point, which he said resulting in worst kind of economic hardships to tribesmen, residing along with border. “Both Pakistan and Afghanistan must realize interests of tribesmen living on both sides of border …