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31 May

Teenage suicide bomber arrested in Kandahar

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A suicide bomber boy, aged 14-year-old was arrested by the Afghan Border Police before he could carry out suicide attack on senior officials in southern Kandahar province, provincial official said on Tuesday. The boy was told to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the district …

31 May

Airstrikes kill 14 insurgents in Paktia

AT-KABUL: In a separate airstrikes carried out in two districts of Paktia province, at least 14 insurgents have been killed, the security officials said on Tuesday. First airstrike killed eight militants and wounded four others in Gian district of the province, the Ministry of Defence said in a media statement. …

31 May

Female education complex opened in Kabul

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The first-ever female education complex named ‘Moraa University and High School’ started in Kabul with the aim of providing primary and higher education for the girls who are forbidden from attendance in the mixed learning institutes due to social taboos. The complex was invested by around eight …

31 May

Helmand under siege; Govt leaves people on mercy of God

“Provincial officials do not report about ground realities. Central government is blind and kept in dark. Lashkargah is on the verge of collapse,” PC member laments. AT News Report KABUL: In the past three days, conflicting reports have emerged from Helmand about security situation as the Taliban tighten grip over …

31 May

Editorial: Growing exasperation

The government had lulled people into thinking that their lives and properties are protected. The false sense of security has failed to gain a foothold in minds of people. Fragile security situation is exposing the strength and strategies of all those, in the power corridors, who promised to provide relief …

31 May

Taliban kill 12 passengers on Kabul-Kunduz Highway

AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters have killed at least 12 people, after kidnapping more than 220 passengers from several busses on the Kabul-Kunduz highway in northern Afghanistan, official sources told Afghanistan Times. Tens of Taliban fighters with light and heavy weapons early in the morning on Tuesday established temporary check points in …

30 May

Afghanistan wishes Sharif’s speedy recovery

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan Ambassador to Islamabad Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal in a meeting with Pakistan prime minister’s advisor Sartaj Aziz, offered his best wishes for rapid recovery to prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who will undergo an open-heart surgery in London today (Tuesday), Afghan embassy in Pakistan said in media statement. …

30 May

Three Haqqani linked terrorists arrested

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that three terrorists linked with Haqqani network were arrested in southern Logar province. A press statement issued here NDS said that it is operatives succeeded to arrest three terrorists through an operation in Sarghonda village of Khoshi district in Logar …

30 May

Sherpao fears Mansour’s killing to hamper QCG efforts

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, told newsmen in Charsadda district that Kabul-Islamabad relations may become more inauspicious after the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. Mansour was killed in a US drone strike on May 21 in Pakistani province of Balochistan. Sherpao …

30 May

Spying for Daesh: Pakistani women arrested in Nangarhar with sensitive documents

AT-KABUL: Two Pakistani women, loyal to the Islamic State known as Daesh, were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said, as they were transferring classified documents to the group. The National Security and Defence Forces arrested the suspected women in Kot district, provincial government’s media office said on Monday. The …