Afghanistan Times

Pakistan holds no authority to merger as FATA was never regular part of Pakistan By Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: It seems that high-ranking officials in Pakistan are looking toward anarchy, where despite to take bold steps to resolve the already worsened situation, created by the continued ignorance and providing sanctuaries to various …

All efforts on card to quell insurgents’ peril: Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghanihas said that all efforts are on table to quell threat of insurgents in the upcoming year. President Ghani during inauguration of parliament session after winter recess on Monday has warned that those Taliban insurgents …

NEW DELHI: The latest terror attacks in Kabul this week show once again how the Taliban remains Afghanistan’s greatest security threat and the issue figured prominently when foreign secretary S Jaishankar met new US national security adviser H R McMaster in Washington on Wednesday. Condemning the attacks, India had said, …

AT-KABUL: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in close collaboration with the Afghanistan Ministry of Education (MoE) announced Sunday the official launch of Afghan Children Read (ACR), a five-year project in Early Grade Reading (EGR) for primary grades 1 to 3. “Despite the gains made in education in …

AT-KABUL: A Taliban’s shadow district chief was killed along with his 15 fighters in an army’s airstrike conducted in the northern province of Kunduz, police sources in the province said Sunday. “The Taliban’s shadow chief for the Emam Sahib district, the group’s deputy shadow governor for the province, military officials …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Advisor to the President Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Sunday flew to India with aim of participating in the 19th Asian Security Conference (ASC), his office said. A press statement issued by National Security Advisor Office, said that during this three-day official visit, Atmar would participate in …

AT-KABUL: At least 66 militants were killed and 39 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six policemen were killed on Sunday after their check-post attacked by the Taliban insurgents in northeastern Kunduz province, a local official said. Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Hamid Hamidi, said the Taliban insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Qabristan localities of the province late Saturday night. …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Reacting to the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former President Hamid Karzai has said that the government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line, a de facto border between the two states. “The government of …

Terrorism is the biggest concern of the regional countries, and its fighting requires major efforts and great coordination among the region. The sub-region can do much more to combat the terrorism—an international phenomenon. For sure, India, Russia and China could play key roles in fight against terrorism and would give …