Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group had kicked off recruiting process to bring more fighters in their militancy rank as already hundreds of recruited fighters  dispatched to Achin district to receive terrorist training, local officials in central Logar province said on …

AT-KABUL: At least three people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a bomb blast in the Janikhel district of southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday, local official said. In a statement issued here, the provincial media office said that the terrorist act was occurred on 10:30 local time in …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a meeting with the NATO commander for joint command, called on the removal of terrorist havens beyond the Durand Line. “General Salvatore Farina assured that the NATO is ready for cooperation with Afghanistan in all military sectors,” Abdullah’s office said Wednesday. Farina added that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed and wounded at least 35 loyalists of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist group during the ongoing “Shaheen-25 operations” in eastern Nangarhar province, official said. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, said that air and ground operations, carried …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Umer Zakhilwal has held constructive meetings with the civil and military leadership of Pakistan on Tuesday, where he emphasized on reduction of tension between the two countries. Zakhilwal said, “I had a “very good meeting” with Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Tuesday foiled a plot to assassinate Mohammad Zahir Wahdat, the governor of Sar-e-Pul province. “A suicide bomber was detained before manage to detonate his explosives near me,” the governor said. The bomber identified as Najmuddin son of Khairuddin, Wahdat said, adding that …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: At least seven persons were killed and 20 other injured in a suicide attack on Tehsil Courts at Tangi town of Charsada district on Tuesday morning. The killed persons included a lawyer and two children. Conditions of at least three out of 13 injured that admitted in Lady Reading …

AT-Kabul:  The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that its operatives arrested two terrorists who planned to conduct terrorist activities in Mahtram city, the provincial capital of the eastern province of Laghman, said a statement issued by NDS. The captured people identified as Rafai-U-Allah and Baberzai who confessed …

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi on Tuesday met with Mark Bowden, deputy of special representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan and representatives from donor countries and organizations, finance ministry said. “They discussed on women’s economic growth program, commitments for Afghanistan’s self-reliance based on mutual accountability framework,” it said in a statement. …

A high-danger avalanche warning must be issued by the related governmental officials to those districts across the country, which is under avalanche hazard. The government should help swing Afghans living in the avalanche prone districts to a safest place. This would be a temporary shifting as avalanche threat would not …