AT-KABUL: At least 19 people have been killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself near the Supreme Court building in Kabul city Tuesday afternoon, officials told Afghanistan Times. A suicide bomber on foot, wearing an explosive laden vest, targeted those employees of the Supreme Court, who …

Five Afghan cricket talents are expected to feature in the Indian Premier League auction 2017 which is due to be held on February 20. It is the first time that the Afghans are present in the auction list for IPL which is the most-attended cricket league in the world. The …

WASHINGTON: Urging the Trump Administration to remain open to restart talks with the Taliban, a group of eminent South Asian experts from top US think tanks Monday urged the White House to take tough measures against Pakistan and send a strong signal to Islamabad that it will not be business …

New Delhi. With regional powers forging new links and trying to outdo each other in what is being seen as a new ‘Great Game’, Afghanistan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Mohammad Abdali said that the peace in Afghanistan is crucial for regional stability. Dr Abdali was delivering a talk on …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday released its annual report regarding civilian causalities, showing highest record incurred during the year 2016. The UN mission said it documented 11, 418 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 3,498 killed and 7,920 injured, that recorded highest civilian casualties …

AT-KABUL:  A Taliban commander along with his nine associates was killed in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Sangin district of southern Helmand province. In a statement issued on Monday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that three militants were also …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: In connection with implementation of National Action Plan (N) to ensure eradication of terror, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government ordered sealing of a seminary in Tangi town of Charsada district, which is owned and run by a local leader of Maulana Fazal Ur Rahman’s Jamiat Ul Ulema Islam …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government machinery on Monday has succeeded to reopen Salang Pass for public transport buses after removing snows, official said. The Salang Pass has been reopened for public transport which was closed due to heavy snowfalls since Thursday. The Salang highway passes through mountains in Parwan and …

AT-PESHAWAR – An Afghan diplomat, serving in Karachi was shot and killed by a security guard inside the Consulate General on Monday morning, Afghan and Pakistani officials confirmed. Mohammad Zaki Abdu, the third secretary of the Afghan consul general was reportedly killed by his personal bodyguard. Karachi police said the …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed regrets over the death of people caused by the heavy snowfalls followed by the avalanches recently in different provinces. “With regrets, I learned that a number of our country-fellows lost their lives or suffered losses sue to the snowfalls and avalanches,” Karzai was quoted …