Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: Some eleven suspects have been arrested over charges of drug trafficking in the past week, according to the court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF). CJTF said on Tuesday that 11 drug traffickers were arrested by the Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdowns in various provinces and were handed …
Read More »Daesh bombers detained in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: Three militants from Islamic State (IS), widely known as Daesh extremist group were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, government media office said Tuesday in a statement, adding three of them were planning to carry out suicide attacks. The Daesh extremists detained in an operation conducted by National Directorate of …
Read More »Car bombing leaves two civilians dead in Logar
AT-KABUL: A car bombing ripped central Logar province Monday night, in which two civilians—a woman, a child were killed and three other women received injuries, officials said Tuesday. The bombing occurred in Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital at around 06:30 local time. The incident was very close to the 4th unit …
Read More »Afghanistan, India victims of terror from “common source,” says Afghan Envoy
NEW DELHI: India and Afghanistan must stand together to free the two countries from terrorism, Afghan envoy to New Delhi Shaida Abdali said, condemning the terror attack in Jalalabad in which 19 people, including a number of Sikhs, were killed. In a clear reference to Pakistan, Mr Abdali said India …
Read More »NSA, Chinese envoy confer on regional cooperation
AT-KABUL: National Security Advisor, Haneef Atmar met Monday with Liu Jinsong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Kabul, discussing regional cooperation and the peace program in Afghanistan. Mr. Liu supported the recent ceasefire between government and Taliban militants, expressed happiness over the regional and international consensus about Afghanistan. …
Read More »Karzai saddened over Sikh representative’s killing
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai was extremely saddened over the killing Avtar Singh Khalsa, representative of the country’s Sikh community. Singh was killed along several other Sikhs Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up among a gathering of Sikhs in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar. Singh was …
Read More »Attack against minority Sikhs ‘a big crime’; Abdullah
AT-KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, condemned attack against the Sikh community in Jalalabad as “a big crime”. A suicide bomber targeted a group of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus on Sunday in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar. Around 19 people were killed in the attack, 13 of whom were …
Read More »Cessation of war in outsiders’ hands: MPs
AT-KABUL: A number of parliamentarians say the decision to put an end to the ongoing war in Afghanistan lies in the hands of outsiders. Members of Wolesi Jirga during a Monday session said the current conflict is not an Afghan war and that eight insurgent groups hailing from several countries …
Read More »Violence spreads in Jawzjan as Taliban overrun four villages
AT-KABUL: The Taliban have overrun four villages in Faizabad district of Jawzjan province, local authorities said Monday, as conflict is escalating in the tumultuous northern region. The villages of Garjak, Shishakhana, Turkmania, Shirabad, and Khairabad are among the collapsed ones. The Shibighan-Balkh Highway would be closed to traffic if no …
Read More »Abdullah against ‘safe zone’ blueprint
AT-KABUL: As the spectre of ceding the Taliban autonomous regions in the south as part of a ploy to reconcile the unruly faction is gaining traction, the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has delivered a scathing critique over likely so-called safe zones, which he argued would unleash irreversible consequences as insurgent …
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