AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least seven Taliban militants were killed and 11 others injured during a gunfight with the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in southeastern Paktika province, said officials on Saturday. The provincial deputy police chief, Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the clashes erupted in …

Since times immemorial, Afghans and Indians have welcomed each other with open arms. The two nations are bonded together in common culture, history and interests. Both nations have more than a nodding acquaintance about the misfortunes that unleashed foreign aggression and violence and kept them struggling for territorial integrity and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Russia by supporting the Taliban militants was trying to prevent the Islamic State (IS) fighters from entering Central Asia, said a military analyst. Jawed Kohistani in an interview with Afghanistan Times warned that Russia’s support for the Taliban militants would complicate war in Afghanistan. A Russian …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif to visit Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with the Afghan officials and military personnel, said a Pakistani military spokesman for media wing Asim Saleem Bajwa on Friday. According to the Pakistani military spokesman, the Army Chief of Pakistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban militants supposedly manage its war against the security forces from two districts of the northern Kunduz province, said officials on Friday. The chief of Imam Sahib district, Imamuddin Qurashi, said that the Taliban insurgents are now controlling its war from Dashti-e-Archi and Imam Sahib districts. He …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 43 passengers were killed and three others wounded in a traffic accident in northern Samangan province, said official sources. Samangan police spokesman, Abdul Monir Rahimi, said the other day that the passenger bus was traveling from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, when it collided with a truck …

AT-KABUL: Indian Premier Narendra Modi called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Frieday and discussed issues of mutual interest. Karzai’s office in a media statement said that the former president termed relations between the two countries as ancient and time-tested. He appreciated India for the support that she had provided …

“Those who are fighting in Afghanistan are not Afghans. There is no good and bad terrorism,” says President Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Assuring Kabul of full support, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that on every step of journey, India would be with Afghanistan. Modi and President Muhammad …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-constructed building for Afghan parliament — a democratic gift from New Delhi — in Kabul on Friday. During his address to the parliament, Modi voiced his happiness over the name of the building — Atal Block. “We could …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces had retaken Sangin district of southern Helmand province after fierce clashes with the Taliban insurgents, said officials. Member of the Helmand provincial council, Attaullah Afghan, said that security forces after an operation has retaken the police headquarter and district chief’s office. He said that Afghan Special …