August, 2015

• 8 August

  NDS nabs 7 militants in Kandahar

  

  AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, has arrested seven militants in southern Kandahar province. In a media statement issued here on Saturday, the spy agency said that the seven members group was involved in anti-state activities. A notorious Taliban commander, identified as Hussain Shah alias Maulvi …

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• 8 August

  Police seize 200kgs of opium in Kunduz, Takhar

  

  AT-KABUL: Aimed reports about increase in opiates production, police have seized 200 kilograms of opium and detained three smugglers in Takhar and Kunduz provinces, sources said on Saturday. Police chief of Kunduz, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh, said that police had arrested two drug traffickers and recovered 140 kilograms …

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• 8 August

  24 militants killed in Nangarhar, Ghazni

  

  AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed 24 insurgents and injured several others during operations against anti-state elements in Nangarhar and Ghazni provinces. In a media statement issued here on Saturday, the 201st Silab Military Corps said that fourteen armed Taliban fighters were killed and five others wounded in clearance operation …

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• 8 August

  Kabul residents donate blood to blasts’ victims

  

  By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Hundreds of Kabul residents on Saturday stood in lines at government hospitals to donate blood to those who were injured seriously in the deadly explosions in the capital city. Deadly blasts rocked Kabul City on Friday. First suicide attack was carried out in Shah Shaheed area, …

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• 8 August

  Book “A Place of Miracles” launched

  

  AT-KABUL: Lee Hilling, the author of “A Place of Miracles”, one of the top ten best-selling, self-publishing books, formally launched his book in here at the Government Media and Information Center (GMIC). According to a press release issued here by French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) the launch of book …

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• 7 August

  Deep in the chasm of miseries

  Insecurity and bloodshed had made Afghanistan home as there is no end in sight to the ongoing violence. There is no denying to the heart-wrenching fact that militancy is supported openly by some foreign spy agencies to pursue their nefarious goals—no matter what it costs. However, the Afghan leaders are …

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• 7 August

  Security officials reject Gen. Campbell’s statement on troops’ desertion

  By Akhtar M. Nikzd-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense rejected the statement of the Resolute Support Mission and the U.S. Forces commander in Afghanistan, General John F. Campbell, about growing desertion cases in Afghan army and police force. General John F. Campbell, the U.S. Forces commander in Afghanistan, claimed that at …

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• 7 August

  ACB to appoint new cricket head coach

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is set to appoint new head coach for the national cricket team, official said Friday. The ACB spokesman, Farid Hotak, told Afghanistan Times that the decision will be taken as the contract with former Head Coach Andrew Moles has expired and the …

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• 7 August

  UNAMA condemns Kabul attack

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Friday condemned the deadly attack in Kabul which killed nearly 15 civilians and injured more than 400 others. In a statement issued by UNAMA, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan said: “I condemn, in the strongest …

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• 7 August

  Taliban’s activities against Islam, Shari’a: Sayyaf

  

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, leader of Dawat-e-Islami party and former Jihadi leader on Friday said criticized the Taliban and said the rebel group’s activities and their leadership and management system is against Islam and Shari’a. He said the insurgent group is a puppet to foreigners. He however …

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