AT News Report-KABUL: At least 56 militants were killed and 30 others were wounded in different crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National …
Read More »11 local policemen killed, 20 missing in Badakhshan
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 11 local policemen were killed and 20 others went missing in northern Badakhshan province on Friday, said officials. “Taliban attacked a checkpoint in Tagab district of Badakhshan, which as result 11 local police were killed and 20 other are missing,” said provincial spokesman, Nik Mohammad …
Read More »16 policemen killed in US airstrike
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 16 police officers were killed and two others wounded in an airstrike carried out by the US forces in southern province of Helmand, provincial officials said. “The strike was carried out on Friday afternoon in Parchaw locality of Greshk district, after they came under foreign …
Read More »Kunduz-Takhar highway closed
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ongoing clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents have been resulted into closure of Kunduz-Takhar highway in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province on Friday. According to provincial officials, Khanabad district is in brink of collapse as clashes on the move. The Khanabad distract …
Read More »Editorial: Congratulations Afghanistan Times
Afghanistan Times, the leading English Newspaper in the country is committed to serve the Afghan nation while following the principles of professionalism and journalistic ethics. Today Afghanistan Times become 12 years old—so thank you subscribers and other fans of the Times which made this possible to be in your homes …
Read More »Al-Aqsa: Palestinians killed as Jerusalem protests rage
At least two Palestinians have been killed, according to local media, and hundreds more injured amid mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In the first incident, an Israeli settler killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according …
Read More »United States lists Pakistan among countries providing ‘safe havens’ to terrorists
“LeT’s chief Hafiz Saeed (a UN-designated terrorist) continued to address large rallies, although in February 2017, Pakistan proscribed him under relevant provisions of Schedule Four of the Anti-Terrorism Act, thus severely restricting his freedom of movement,” it noted. The United States on Wednesday listed Pakistan among nations that provide “safe …
Read More »Editorial: Disgraceful toil
Nawa district in the south of Lashkargah city of Helmand province has liberated from the Taliban insurgents control this week. Over 80 Taliban insurgents were killed during retaken operation carried out by the brave Afghan security forces. Security forces and civilians received minor causalities. The government regains the control of …
Read More »The ‘Blackwater 2.0’ Plan for Afghanistan
Private military contractors have spotted an opportunity as America’s longest war grinds on. Here’s a crazy idea floating around Washington these days, outlandish even by today’s outlandish standards: The United States should hire a mercenary army to “fix” Afghanistan, a country where we’ve been at war since 2001, spending billions …
Read More »Released from kidnappers, an Afghan girl’s journey
By Mirwais Jalalzai-“They told me that my mother had sold me to them,” Jamila” said of her kidnappers, who abducted her from her home in Kabul when she was only 14, then forced her into sexual servitude . “They forced me to drink alcohol, smoke shisha and do lap dance …
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