Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Commander of a police check-post was killed along with his bodyguard in insurgents attack. The district police chief for Bagram, Muhammad Masom Farzai, told a local news agency that commander of the national police post, Waliullah, was killed along with his bodyguard when insurgents attacked the vehicle …

By Sujeet Sarkar-Afghanistan is headed towards its bloodiest summer, after the fall of Taliban, post 9/11. There has been unprecedented surge in Taliban strike, posing a serious threat to the internal security and stability of the country. The attack of Taliban   has spiraled from its traditional bastion of southern provinces, …

The direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Pakistan is a welcome step, the White House said Tuesday. “The United States welcomes talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This is an important step in advancing prospects for a credible peace,” the White House Press Secretary, …

KABUL: As part of the commitment to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, a meeting was hosted by Pakistan between the Afghan government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan representatives, a statement from the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul said on Wednesday. It said that the meeting was held in Murree …

A suicide car bomb ripped through the capital Kabul on Tuesday that hit a convoy of foreign troops. On the same day, an office of the National Directorate of Security was attacked in eighth police jurisdiction of the capital city. Three suicide bombers stormed the office. In the attack one …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In a bid to recover the lost money of Kabul Bank, the Attorney General Office (AGO) issued travel ban against 155 defaulters of the bank and frozen their assets. Their names were put on exit control list (ECL) after the President Ashraf Ghani’s deadline for defaulters of …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 militants have been killed in separate drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official source. A statement issued by Nangarhar police headquarters said that NATO troops conducted drone strikes against Taliban militants in Mamand Dara, Asad Khel and Mamand Lagad areas of Achin district. An …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have captured tens of villages in Faryab province recently, TOLOnews reported. Sayed Abdul Baqi Hashemi, the chairman of Faryab provincial council, said that around 60 villages in the province have fallen to the Taliban’s hands over the past two days. He added that conflicts …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban had attacked the National Directorate of Security’s (NDS) regional sub-office in the 8th police jurisdiction of Kabul City on Tuesday. Three suicide bombers had stormed the NDS’s sub-office at around 1:00pm. The first attacker detonated his motorbike, full of explosives, near the entrance of the security facility. …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has signed contracts with three foreign publishing companies to print 16 million textbooks for school students within next four months. The contracts were awarded to two Indian companies and one Vietnamese publication center. The minister for education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, signed the contracts with …