AT-KABUL: At least 35 militants were killed and 13 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security force in different parts of the country within the past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …
Read More »10 Armed Taliban Killed in Parwan
AT-KABUL: At least 10 armed Taliban fighters were killed following a joint clearance military operation conducted by Afghan forces in northern Parwan province last night. A statement issued by Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that the operation was carried out jointly by Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) and Afghan …
Read More »Karzai calls on Pakistan to stop Afghan shelling
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned rocket attacks on the villages in the eastern province of Kunar, calling on Islamabad to “immediately stop” the attacks. Pakistani army fired 180 rockets on the Dangam district Saturday night, reportedly injuring four civilians including a woman and two children. Karzai slammed the …
Read More »Police arrests three suspects over Takhar Kangaroo court incident
AT-KABUL: Police arrested three people in connection to Takhar Kangaroo court incident. “Police arrested three people directly linked to the lashing and beaten of a woman in Chah-e- Aab district of northern Takhar province,” said Ministry of Interior Spokesman Najib Danish. He said that Uncle of the beaten women Hamidullah, …
Read More »Retirees condemn pension delays
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabir, 70, spends his days in Kabul’s finance ministry trying to access an entire year of pension payments that he is owed. The former officer at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said, “I worked for 40 years to protect the stability and security of my country …
Read More »Editorial: Pakistan helps Afghanistan with shelling villages
Pakistani army resumed rocket attacks on the eastern areas of Afghanistan after a lull. The artillery based in the tribal areas just across the Durand Line fired nearly 200 rockets on four villages of the Dangam district in the bordering province of Kunar. According to local officials, the rockets struck …
Read More »Pakistan helps Afghanistan with shelling villages
Pakistani army resumed rocket attacks on the eastern areas of Afghanistan after a lull. The artillery based in the tribal areas just across the Durand Line fired nearly 200 rockets on four villages of the Dangam district in the bordering province of Kunar. According to local officials, the rockets struck …
Read More »84 insurgents killed in army operations
AT-KABUL: At least 84 militants were killed and 24 others were wounded in different operations launched by the army and other security force within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) …
Read More »India donated wheat snatched by Taliban in western Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: Four trucks, loaded with Indian donated wheat, and on way to western Ghor province, have been intercepted and seized by alleged Taliban fighters in western Afghanistan, officials told Afghanistan Times. The trucks were carrying Indian donated wheat from western Herat to the remote and less developed Ghor province when …
Read More »US official terms Pakistan “part of new strategy”
AT-KABUL: An official in the US department of defense has called Pakistan as “part of new US strategy”, saying that Washington doesn’t have any intention for military operation against Pakistan. The statement contradicts President Donald Trump’s anti-Pakistan remarks that had threatened to cut aids if Islamabad does not close Taliban …
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