Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that a terror plan was thwarted in the eastern Laghman province. Intelligence operatives arrested three terrorists, who planned to conduct suicide attacks by using a motor bike full of explosives and a magnetic bomb in Mehtarlam center of Laghman province, …
Read More »Editorial: Electricity defaulters
Afghanistan is seen as a land of opportunities by warlords and powerful individuals. They are always part of the system whether they are sitting in the power corridor or outside. Their say always matter especially when Afghans have such a weak central government. Whenever the government ignores them for the …
Read More »US turned blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries: Karzai
KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said the United States has turned a blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghan frontiers. In an interview with Sophie Shevardnadze, a correspondent for the television network RT, the former Afghan president said that Afghanistan is insecure, the Taliban have gained more territory, …
Read More »It’s possible to end poverty in Afghanistan
By Annette Dixon-October 17 is the international day to end poverty. There has been much progress toward this important milestone: the World Bank Group’s latest numbers show that since 1990 nearly 1.1 billion people have escaped extreme poverty. Between 2012 and 2013 alone, around 100 million people moved out of …
Read More »Five dead, three injured in Ghazni traffic accident
AT-KABUL: Five passengers died and three wounded after a Toyota car collided with a fuel tanker in the southeastern province of Ghazni, local officials said Sunday. Provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi, said that the accident took place on Ghazni-Kandahar highway in Qarabagh district early morning. He said vehicle collided with a …
Read More »NDS arrests four Jundullah terrorists in Takhar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Sunday that its operatives arrested at least four members of Jundallah terrorist group, also known as people’s resistance movement of Iranian armed opposition in an operation in the Northern Province of Takhar. “The operation was carried out in the Dasht-e-Qala district as …
Read More »Civil society slams govt for poor war management
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Rescue National Movement (ARNM), a civil structure on Sunday criticized the government leaders and security officials for being inefficient, saying it as main factor behind fall of districts and check posts to Taliban across the country. “Critical state of affairs, fall of districts and checkpoints …
Read More »50 soldiers died defending Helmand: Officials
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifty soldiers were killed and several others went missing over the past two weeks in the ongoing conflict in the southern Helmand province, local officials said Sunday. The provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat said the initial investigations indicate that at least 50 soldiers died in the line of …
Read More »Afghan forces rescue 50 hostages from Taliban
AT-KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in an operation freed 50 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Geru district, local officials said. Provincial police chief, Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, confirmed the rescue, …
Read More »Insecurity displaced one million civilians internally in 2016: ARCS
AT-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Saturday called the ongoing year as the most challenged for the organization as one million people were displaced due to conflicts across the country. “These people fled their houses in the provinces of Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan and Paktia,” said acting head …
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