Since accepting the resignation of Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, controversy between the ousted governor and Presidential Palace is underway. President Ashraf Ghani has introduced Engineer Mohammad Dawood, as new governor to Balkh province, while Atta has been angry and defiant over the decision, taken by the Presidential Palace, and …
Read More »Govt welcomes putting six Taliban officials in US black list
AT News Report-KABUL: The government said it welcomes putting the names of six former Taliban officials in the US black list. The US government said Thursday that it had enlisted the Taliban former officials including Abdul Samad Sani, governor of the Central Bank in the Taliban government. A US official …
Read More »Stop Pashtun Genocide in Pakistan: ‘US should hold Pakistan accountable for Pashtun genocide and human rights violation in FATA’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The war affected families from Waziristan organized a big rally in Khost province against the ongoing Pashtun genocide in Pakistan, human rights violations in FATA and the extra judicial killing of Naqib Mahsood in a fake police encounter in Karachi. A large number of Pashtuns from Waziristan …
Read More »I am not against the US, I am against what it does in Afghanistan: Karzai
AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai has said he would not be against the United States, but “what the US government is doing in Afghanistan, is unacceptable”. “The presence of the foreign troops has caused the increase of corruption and drug production in Afghanistan,” Karzai addressed a gathering in …
Read More »Trump campaigner among dead in Intercontinental Hotel attack: Reports
AT News Report-KABUL: A member of the US president, Donald Trump electoral campaign was among the people killed in the Taliban’s attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, according to reports. In the 15-hour long attack on the luxury hotel that began on the weekend, 25 people were killed, according to the …
Read More »7 civilians killed in militants rocket attack in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: Seven civilians were killed and three more were injured after Taliban fighters fired rocket smashed a house in southern Ghazni province Friday morning, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The seven killed civilians are members of the same family and include a woman and six children. Another three minors from …
Read More »Tragedy spurs Afghanistan to unprecedented heights
Naveen-ul-Haq, the Afghanistan Under-19 captain, has dedicated the team’s maiden entry into the World Cup semi-finals to the victims of the attacks that have rocked Jalalabad and Kabul over the last two days. The entire team wore black armbands to mourn those who lost their lives during the quarter-final against …
Read More »Deadly incident foiled in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: A bloody incident was thwarted in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of the eastern Nangarhar. “Members of Taliban network, who planned to transfer weapons and ammunition to run terrorist attack in Jalalabad city arrested by intelligence operatives,” said Governor Spokesman for Nangarhar Ataullah Khogyanai. He said that the arrested …
Read More »Editorial: Cowardly attack on charity organization
A group of armed men on Wednesday attacked the regional office of the Save the Children organization in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital for Nangarhar. The attack lasted for about 10 hours as the assailants were exchanging fire with the security forces. Five people including employees of the organization were …
Read More »Veterinarian clinic opened in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: The building of veterinarian clinic after completion of construction inaugurated in Ghazni today. The complex was inaugurated with the participant of Governor and other provincial officials A press statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said that this complex was established for improving livestock and …
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