Afghanistan Times

Binali Yildirim says suicide bombers who killed at least 36 at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport likely linked to ISIL. At least 36 people have been killed in attacks at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, which the Turkish prime minister said was likely carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq of the Levant …

Pakistan wants to repatriate some of the almost 1.6 million refugees living in the country. UNHCR has set aside funds for 60,000 returnees. Pakistan, June 23 (UNHCR) – Families sat quietly. Small children explored among the chairs. These people were going back, some after decades. And they were going back …

The parliamentary election has been delayed too much. Hopes for positive change of the voters were dashed not only by the government but their own elected representatives too. The voters wanted to change their fate while rejecting the corrupt and selfish members of the Wolesi Jirga in the coming parliamentary …

KABUL: A Pashtun leader Mahamood Khan Achakzai has said that he would not allow anyone to harass Afghan refugees in their “own land”. He directly said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province belongs to Afghans and they can live there without fear and irritation. “If Afghans are harassed in other parts of …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday said that over 40 Daesh fighters were killed and 44 others were wounded through operations in eastern Nangarhar province. Daesh fighter were killed and wounded in Afghan forces’ joint raids in Bandok, Zarabandok, Janjal Ghonde, Sepa Ghonde and Bahador Baba areas of the …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL:  An opposition politician believes that the National Unity Government would lose legitimacy in the next three months, claiming that it is a US-made administration which is not acceptable for people. Umar Daudzai, a senior member of the Afghan Protection and Stability Council, a political party combined …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf  Ghani on Tuesday met with Hiroshi Takahashi, the Ambassador of Japan in Afghanistan in presidential place, presidential office said. During the meeting, President Ghani appreciated Japan for assisting Afghanistan in various fields, especially in the areas of cooperative promotional, urban development, agriculture and irrigation and the distribution …

AT-KABUL: Unknown armed shot dead the judge of Rashidan district of Ghazni province at her residence in Kabul, an official said Tuesday. Brigadier General Humayun Aini chief of 110 police said that gunmen stormed Bakht Gul’s house in Dewanbigi Monday night and shot him dead. “After the attack, Bakht Gul …

AT-KABUL:  A senior Afghan diplomat has showed willingness of the government of Afghanistan to purchase military equipment, including aircrafts from the government of Russia, a Russian official said. Alxandar Mantytskiy, ambassador of Russian Federation to Kabul has said that Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has raised the issue …

At least 12 killed in suicide attack on Sunni mosque west of Baghdad where worshipers gathered for evening prayers. At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque west of the capital Baghdad, officials have said. The …