AT-KABUL: At least three air force officers were killed, after a “training helicopter made an emergency landing” in eastern Logar province today, provincial officials confirmed Sunday. “The MY-17 helicopter of the air force made an emergency landing due to technical problems in Sheng area of Mohammad Agha district at 11:20am, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces have seized and destroyed a bomb-making factory in southern Helmand province, the NDS said Sunday. “The NDS operatives along with Afghan National Army have seized a bomb-making factory in the Wazir Abad village of Garmsir district,” it said in a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials at the revenue department in eastern Kunar province on Sunday said that they have collected 30 percent more revenue comparing to the last year. According to them they have collected more revenue associating to the target given by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry’s target was …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology on Sunday opened the digital wire-telephone system in a Kabul township. Telecommunication Minister Abdul Razaq Wahidi said that this was the first telecommunication project providing services trough optical fiber system in Afghanistan. He said the ministry of telecommunication would provide about 6,000 digital …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology says it is going to stop transiting Pakistan internet as it seeks alternatives to provide cheaper and stable internet services to Afghanistan. Telecommunication Minister Abdul Razaq Wahidi on Sunday told Afghanistan Times that the ministry has already “signed agreements …

AT-KABUL:  Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) and other relevant organizations had collected 350 drug users last night in Pul-e Sukhta area of Kabul city. The addicts were transferred in ambulances to the newly established rehabilitation center. The addicts would get free …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 32 Daesh militants were killed and some others sustained injuries when Afghan Air Force (AAF) pounded their hideouts in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Sunday. The Achin district chief, Haji Ghalib Mujahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News that AAF airstrikes struck Daesh …

“This quadrilateral meeting is the only hope. If it was unsuccessful, the hopes will dash to the ground. Once this happens, these global and regional players could not win trust of Afghans again. Trust of the war-weary nation is already at sub-zero level. The hope that is flowering after the …

AT-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday strongly condemned the recent suicide attacks in Kabul and Paktika provinces. “Killing of innocent people in public areas is against Islamic teachings,” a statement from the presidential palace quoted Ghani as saying. He furthered that killing innocent people is a big crime which …

Niazi believes Mullah Mansour is dead AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: On the first day of the New Year, the two factions within Taliban have agreed to a ceasefire and prisoners exchange, sources said. The leaders of the two rival groups met in Quetta city of Baluchistan. According to Aljazeera, the representatives …