Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces retook control of Khamab district of Jawzjan province from the Taliban militants. However, clearance operations are ongoing in different villages of the district. The government lost control of the district around three weeks ago. This victory of Afghan forces came just few days after …
Read More »Fighting militancy: MoD seeks regional countries’ support
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that it will not allow any terrorist group to use Afghan soil against neighboring countries. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the MoD, said that Afghan forces are capable of defeating militants. However, he urged regional countries to cooperate with Afghanistan to eliminate the menace. …
Read More »Nawaz’s statement shows true face of Pakistan: Senators
“Kabul never asked Islamabad to tackle the Taliban but the Pakistani officials were asked to restrain from supporting insurgents who are living and getting training in Pakistan,” says Baloch. Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Condemning the recent statement of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, members of the Meshrano Jirga on Sunday said …
Read More »Reaping the whirlwind or cultivating insurgency?
“Nawaz escapes US pressure despite siding with the Taliban, but why Washington is deliberately allowing itself to be fooled by its client-state or because that policies of the two countries—America and Pakistan, for this region coincide, which is why Washington looks the other way” AT Commentary-KABUL: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz …
Read More »Spain ends Afghan military mission while leaving behind 25 troops
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Spain wrapped up its 14-year long military mission n Afghanistan while leaving its 25 troops in Kabul, a media report said. At a ceremony presided over by Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria in western Herat province, the Spanish armed forces lowered their flag and …
Read More »Drug addiction on rise in Ghazni
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As the government has increased crackdown on drug addiction in the capital city, drug addicts are turning to the Southern Ghazni province because drugs and narcotics are being sold openly without any sense of fear from anti-narcotic officials. Nasraullah Naeemi, the head of a rehabilitation center, told …
Read More »Kunduz hospital bombing death toll climbs to 30
By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said that the number of people killed in Kunduz hospital bombing has reached 30. The US forces in an airstrike pounded MSF hospital in Kunduz on October 3. As many as 10 patients and 13 staffers were identified out of the debris of …
Read More »Five kidnapped health workers released in Faryab
AT-KABUL: Five health workers, who were kidnapped by the Taliban insurgents on Sunday morning in northern Faryab province, were released after successful negotiations between the militants and tribal elders. According to media reports the health workers were traveling from the provincial capital, Maimana city, to Kohistan district in the morning …
Read More »Foreigners in Afghanistan pursuing own goals: Analysts
AT-KABUL: In a session organized by the Federation of Afghanistan’s Civil Society (FACS), political and security affairs analysts on Sunday said that foreigners were not interested in development of Afghanistan but they were here for their own interests. The session was aimed to discuss the existing challenges and strengthen national …
Read More »Govt’s apathy turns Baghlan into Taliban’s safe haven: Lawmakers
Acting police chief confirms presence of insurgents Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Public representatives in the parliament from Baghlan province said that inattention of the government has turned the province into a recruitment center of the Taliban militants. They said that lack of coordination between leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) …
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