Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL:  100 Taliban insurgents were killed and 55 others injured in different offensives launched by the police forces in the past 24 hours, a security official said Tuesday. Interior ministry spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi said that police were fully helped by the Afghan National Army and National Directorate of Security during the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 34 policemen and a local police commander along with their weapons and ammunition, defected to Taliban in the Do Laina district of western Ghor province, an official said Tuesday. “Afghan Local Police Commander Ziaul Haq had joined the Taliban with 29 of his comrades and …

KABUL: Ali Haidar Gilani, the son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Yusuf Reza Gilani, was rescued during a joint U.S-Afghan operation in Ghazni province on Tuesday morning. Gilani had been held hostage for three years by a suspected al-Qaeda-affiliated group. The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal, on his Facebook …

AT-KABUL: Thirty-six Taliban fighters were killed in different clearance operations across the country within the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said Monday. In a press release, the ministry said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security conducted operations against insurgents in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces killed seven Taliban militants and wounded 11 others when they attacked the Taiwara district of western Ghor province, an official said Monday. “Dozens of Taliban, led by their shadow governor Maulavi Taimour, attacked the Taiwara district with heavy and light weapons around 1:00am,” Pajhwok Afghan …

The death penalty will deliver neither the justice that victims deserve nor the security that Afghanistan seeks, Amnesty International said today. Six men were executed on May 8, 2016 after they were convicted for their involvement in a series of high-profile violent attacks – including the 2011 killing of former …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that a Taliban commander was arrested with his two comrades in Laghman eastern province. A press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded to arrest Taliban commander named Salamat Khan along with his two colleagues through an …

AT-KABUL: The legislators praised Monday President Ashraf Ghani for implementation of execution penalty against Taliban militants. Six militants were hanged on Sunday as the court had already sentenced them to death. But human rights bodies expressed regrets for the executions, who believe it would not ensure the national safety. Legislators …

Afghans are killed and injured on different pretexts. Their precious lives have become cheaper than any commodity available on the planet earth. Once calling themselves sincere friends of Afghans are become strangers now. They are abandoning Afghans because their interests are secured and objectives achieved. Sacrifices that Afghans have rendered …

How can Ashraf Ghani wage an effective military campaign in Afghanistan if the origin of the threat is in Pakistan? Suffering from a frenzied response to the increasing terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan, President Ashraf Gani has hardened his position on war and peace in Afghanistan. Under a recent presidential …