Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban militants have burnt scores of policemen’s houses in Marja district of Helmand province, said local officials on Friday. According to the provincial officials, the Taliban torched the houses of policemen in Marja, after the Taliban captured the Camp Bazar in the district a few days ago. …
Read More »Nangarhar governor bars officials from depositing govt funds in personal accounts
AT-KABUL: Governor of the eastern Nangarhar province, Salim Khan Kunduzi, barred government officials from depositing budgetary allocations in their personal bank accounts. The governor said that no one was authorized by the government or law of the land to deposit the budgetary allocations in their own bank accounts. The warning …
Read More »Ghani welcomes Pashtun nationalists from Pashtunkhwa
Afzal Khan Lala remembered AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani welcomed the nationalist leaders, representing Pashtuns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan provinces as well as tribal areas. Following President Ghani’s invitation to attend a reference in the memory of late Pashtun nationalist leader Afzal Khan Lala, the delegation …
Read More »Insurgent groups still operate from Pakistan: Atmar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar said the other day that the Haqqani Network and the Taliban’s Quetta Council (Shura) are still operating from Pakistan against Afghanistan. During his meeting with the Turkish Ambassador, Atmar lambasted Pakistan for not taking stern action to oust the militant …
Read More »Afghan, UAE leaders confer on bilateral issues
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani spoke by phone with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and discussed issues of mutual interest. The Afghan president and Sheikh Mohammad discussed bilateral ties and the ongoing war on terrorism, the UAE’s official WAM news agency …
Read More »Iran buries five Afghans killed in Syrian war
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five Afghan refugees killed in the Syrian civil war by rebels were buried in Iran, media reported on Friday. The refugees were recruited by the Iranian authorities to support the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad against the west-supported rebels. According to Radio Farda, the killed Afghan mercenaries aged …
Read More »Three policemen hurt in Kunduz blast
AT-KABUL: A bomb blast in northern Kunduz province has left three Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel, including their commander, injured, official sources said on Friday. Providing details about the blast which took place the other day, the governor’s spokesman, Abdul Wasi Basil, told media that a magnet bomb was attached …
Read More »The depreciation of Afghani
Afghani has lost its value by 11pc against American dollars and Pakistani rupee during the past four months. This depreciation has caused prices of commodities surged by 18pc and fuel by 40pc. Over the years, Afghani has seen a steadiest fall, but during the past few months, it faced a …
Read More »CSHRO urges govt to ensure public security
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Civil Society and Human Rights Organization (CSHRO) on Thursday expressed concerns over insecurity and terror attacks in the country and urged the government to ensure public security. While expressing deep concerns over rapidly growing insecurity and terror attacks in different parts of the country including the capital …
Read More »Karzai condemns attack on Saeedi
AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced the attack on Ahmad Saeedi, a prominent political analyst. Saeedi was injured when he came under attack by unidentified gunmen in Shar-e-Now area of Kabul city the other day. Doctors told media that the political analyst is recovering. Ex-President Hamid Karzai in press statement …
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