At least 110 militants have been killed and several others wounded during ongoing clashes between Taliban and Islamic State (IS) — also known as Daesh — in southern Zabul province, local officials said on Monday. Gunbattles between supporters of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and dissent a dissident commander of …

From our correspondent-PESHAWAR: Awami National Party leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan said that Pakistan and Afghanistan shouldn’t let its soils to be used against each other in order to bring a lasting peace to the troubled region, which has been bearing the brunt of unprecedented violence. Afghan ambassador at Islamabad, Janan …

AT-KABUL: Daesh fighters have beheaded seven hostages in southern Zabul province, who were abducted two months back, a provincial official said today. The hostages were executed late yesterday in Arghandab district of Zabul province, provincial security chief, Jilani Farahi told Afghanistan Times. “They were beheaded by the Daesh fighters and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A deadliest infighting broke out between two rival militant groups left 70 dead, on Sunday. In the clashes 10 militants were killed from Mullah Mansour Dadullah’s side, believed to be backed by Daesh, and 60 militants form Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s side—the new Taliban leader, said the provincial …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After defying allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the successor of Mullah Omar—the late Taliban figurehead, an Afghan splinter group vowed readiness for peace talks with the Afghan government, on Saturday. The breakaway group’s deputy chief Mullah Abdul Manan told BBC on Saturday that if the foreign …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of   Finance (MoF) on Sunday submitted the draft budget for the next Afghan fiscal year to Meshrano Jirga with a total outlay of $7.3 billion. The general budget of the year is 4.5 billion (68 percent) and development budget 2.8 billion (39 percent). International donations …

“Within four years all the governmental ministries will be shifted to Dar-ul-Aman. Practical work on the project will start next year. Cities grew irregularly during the past 14 years, which is why jobs couldn’t be created according to the demand,” said President Ashraf Ghani By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah expressed his deep concerns over widespread poverty in the country. He said that the government will spare no efforts to alleviate poverty. Based on summery report of a survey jointly conducted by the Ministry of Economy and the World Bank, …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday cancelled a multimillion government’s contract with a former Kabul Bank chief executive and major defaulter Khalilullah Ferozi for an ambitious residential scheme. The notable businessman stood with top government officials on Wednesday as he signed the contract for a new township: 8,800 homes across …

By Nabi Zeerakyar Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Bacha Khan Markaz in Peshawar and meet a number of key Awami National Party (ANP) leaders. ANP is the political legacy of the larger-than-life Bacha Khan Baba—a Pashtun nationalist leader in British India, who rose to prominence for his …