Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: At least 43 insurgents, 12 commanders of Haqqani Terrorist Network among them, have been killed in separate operations carried out by National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in southern Khost and eastern Nangarhar provinces, the spy agency said Monday in a statement. The Special Forces Unit …

“As Afghan peace talks continue to progress, we agreed preparation for intra-Afghan negotiations now is essential” AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met and discussed ways how to put a full stop to the ongoing violence. Khalilzad arrived …

AT News Report KABUL:  Some lawyers and anti-corruption agencies on Monday have voiced concerns and lashed out at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) for inordinately delaying a multimillion dollar meat embezzlement case at the ministry. Haji Malak Rasa, Head of the Shuja Abdara and Hamid Company and the “Meat Contractor” …

AT News Report KABUL: Network of solar system project has been inaugurated in eastern Nangarhar province to supply clean and drinking water to 260 households. The projected opened in Kunar district of the province, where local officials said the UNHCR spent 2.8 million Afghani to build a network of solar …

The United States Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, working on very hard task of reconciliation in Afghanistan is again reached in Kabul after stops in Islamabad, Berlin, and Brussels. Soon after his arrival in Kabul, Khalilzad said, that he will “stay here for some time on this trip” and that he will …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Daesh militant group is looking to expand its reach in Afghanistan’s north and east and has increased its recruitment activities in the country to stage an attack on the US and the western countries, The Associated Press reported, quoting some Afghan and American officials. A …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Amid great security challenges in western parts of the country, theActing Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid and US, NATO commander for Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller Monday visited western Farah province, where they held discussion over security situations with top provincial security officials. Addressing the security officials, Khalid …

AT News Report KABUL: The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Habibullah Ahmadzai, a former security advisor to President Asrhaf Ghani. Habibullah Ahmadzai has recently alleged Presidential Palace of “sexual charges”. However, the AGO said that Ahmadzai had no evidence to proof his allegations. The …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan can turn into a center of cooperation between two powerful rivals (United States and Russia), that are now competing in the war-hit country, Western media say. The National Interest Daily Newspaper wrote Monday in an article that Washington and Moscow were fighting on the Syrian …

AT News Report KABUL: A US writer and political analyst, Michael Rubin says that more pressures needed on Pakistan so that gain victory in the Afghan war. He has written in an article that bringing stability to Afghanistan and suppressing of terrorists would be just possible when further pressures are …