Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: At least 56 irresponsible armed individuals, including higher-up security officials, have been detained in southern Uruzgan province, the provincial police said on Wednesday. These armed men have been apprehended on the charges of theft, murder, and drug smuggling. Among the detainees were Nawrozi, the former provincial …

AT News Reports KABUL: A new polio case has been reported by local officials in southern Uruzgan province. Dr. Saifudin, head of the polio campaign for Uruzgan said on Tuesday that a two years old kid was affected by polio in Meher Abad village of Terinkot city, the provincial capital. …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States agreed to pull troops out of Afghanistan during peace talks, said Taliban officials. Suhail Shaheen, spokesperson for the Taliban’s political office based in Qatar, said on Twitter where that “the U.S. would pull troops out of the country and would stop interfering in …

AT News Reports KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib said that at least 50 people lose their lives every day due to the ongoing war and conflicts in Afghanistan. Addressing a security meeting held in Moscow, Mohib said Tuesday that there was a high concentration of threats in the …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The China-South Asia Media Forum was launched at the sidelines of the second China-South Asia Cooperation Forum (C-SACF) at the lakeside of Fuxian Lake in Yuxi city of China from 11th June to boost people to people’s connections and build constructive relation between China and South …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 30 drug dealers were pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to year behind bars in the past one week. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 30 drug traffickers sentenced to one – 16 years’ incarceration …

AT News Report KABUL: Clashes between government forces and Taliban have displaced thousands of people in the northeastern Takhar province, said local officials. Mohammad Yasin Labib, director of provincial department of refugees, said Tuesday that as many as three thousand people were displaced in three districts of the province due …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 62 militants were killed and 32 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said. In a statement issued Tuesday here in Kabul, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of Afghan National …

AT News Report KABUL: Relatives, friends and other people close to the former president Hamid Karzai have been attacked, killed, injured and detained, sources said. Sher Mohammad Akhondzada, a member of parliament said Monday that the attacks were launched just after the second round of the intra-Afghan dialogues held late …

AT News Reports KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced US airstrikes launched against civilians in the western Farah province, in which a number of civilians including women and children were killed and wounded. The US air forces targeted residential houses in the Shivan area of Farah’s district of Bala …