Afghanistan Times

A report released by a US-based think tank says that wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan have claimed lives of at least 149,000 people since 2001 to 2014. The Watson Institute’s  Costs of War Project says at least 162,000 were injured since the US-led international war on terror that toppled the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: In a bid to assure the lawmakers of improved security in the near future, Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Rahmatullah Nabil on Saturday told Wolesi Jirga that special operations would be conducted within next six months to clear restive parts of the country from …

AT-KABUL: A policeman and two prisoners have been killed when prisoners transport vehicle turned turtle in western Herat province. Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman for central hospital in the province, said that the incident took place in Pul-e-Pashtun area of the province. “As result of the incident one policeman and two prisoners …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed its deep concerns over increase in violence against women in northern Balkh, Jowzjan, Sar-e-Pul and Samangan provinces. Fawzia Nawabi, an official of the AIHRC’s office in Afghanistan’s north, voiced her concerns over increase in cases of violence against women. “In …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants are collecting usher and zakat in northern Baghlan province in order to finance their war against the Afghan government. Local people said that Dand-e-Ghori, Baghlan Markazi and Borka districts of the province are currently under the Taliban’s control, where they force people into paying …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s premier spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has arrested five dreaded Taliban fighters in Nimroz province. According to a press statement issued here on Saturday, the intelligence agency’s operatives busted the five-member group which was involved in multiple terror and subversive activities. They confessed killing a …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan-Turk High School in Kabul has started distribution of 7,000 food packages to needy families in different parts of the country, as part of its Ramadan-long humanitarian operation. The Afghan-Turk High School (ATHS) on Saturday started the implementation of the food aid program for Ramadan while distributing 3,000 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Afghan security forces have killed nine Taliban militants and injured three others during a gunfight in eastern Nangarhar province of the country. The clash erupted when a group of the Taliban insurgents tried to hijack a vehicle the other day in Laal Pur district of Nangarhar. The …

AT-KABUL: Two people including a policeman were killed when an explosive device went off in Laghman province. According to local sources, the bomb was planted in Islamabad Bazaar area of Alishang district, and targeted a police vehicle. The incident took place the other day. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Sarhadi …

AT-KABUL: At least 17 Afghan security personnel and 45 Taliban fighters have been killed in militants’ attack on Want Waigal district of eastern Nuristan province of the country, governor’s spokesman said on Saturday. Muhammad Musa Shami told Afghanistan Times that the two days long clashes in Want Waigal district left …