AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen shot dead three women in western Herat province, local officials said on Wednesday. The provincial governor spokesman Jilani Farhad confirmed the incident, saying that the gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on the women late Tuesday in the city. Farhad said the main motive behind murder of …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Election and Transparency Watch Organization of Afghanistan (ETWA), on Wednesday released its monitoring report regarding selection of commissioners by Selection Committee in which revealed that the committee failed to pursue the process in full transparency. The report was documented through one month monitoring of the selection process …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in an operation freed 50 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southern Helmand province, security officials said Wednesday. “The operation was launched late Tuesday in the Greshk district,” ministry of interior said in a statement. It added that the Taliban insurgents were torturing the …
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President Ghani, CEO Abdullah condemned terrorist attack; Daesh claims responsibility AT-KABUL: At least five people were killed and eleven others wounded after a suicide bomber on Wednesday targeted VIP protection unit vehicle in Pul-e-Mahmood Khan area of Kabul city,a security official told Afghanistan Times on the condition of anonymity. Ministry …
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By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said that a preliminary investigation has indicated that he United States military service members and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) might have committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Fatou Bensouda, the ICC prosecutor, said that a full investigation into the …
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Presence of insurgents and terrorists are not the only troubles that caught the Afghan people, especially those who are fighting for survival and have no assets abroad. Land grabbing is rampant. Abduction for ransom is taking place on daily basis—before eyes of the state machinery. The government is well-aware of …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives rescued a boy kidnapped in the western Farah province and arrested four suspects. “The 6-year-old Naveed was kidnapped a few days ago from Police District 3 of the provincial capital city, Farah,” the NDS said in a statement. “The boy was kidnapped …
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AT-KABUL: The MTN, a private communication company granted education scholarships under the umbrella of ‘MTN foundation’ to 500 poor students in Kabul. Providing free education opportunity for needy students by the MTN has been run with the cooperation of the Deputy Ministry of Youth Affairs and Ministry of Education. The …
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Conflict in Afghanistan and emergence of the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, have already produced tremendous ripple effects—on the regional as well as international levels. Though most of Afghanistan’s neighbors agree that politics of conflict and regional rivalries encourage extremism, but, unfortunately, they have not help the country the …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga—Lower House of the Parliament—on Monday with a majority votes disqualified minister of higher education for failing in spending budgetary allocations during the outgoing Afghan fiscal year. Lawmakers also voted for minister of justice Basir Anwar and minister of urban development Sayed Mansour Naderi, but …
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