AT-KABUL: Several Taliban suicide bombers stormed the main provincial prison in southern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing four police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said. “Around 10 Taliban suicide bombers early today morning attacked Ghazni prison, the first attacker detonated his car full of explosives near …

Since the death reports of Mullah Omar hogged headlines, the Taliban movement has been plagued by turf war and blame game. Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the self-claimed successor of Mullah Omar, has become the most controversial figurehead as he is not only dubbed as the errand boy of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep grief over collapse of crane in the holy city of Mecca, which led to killing of tens of worshipers. Hamid Karzai has written a letter to Saudi Arabia’s king, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to convey his condolences over the loss of lives …

KABUL: Police have recovered 325 kilograms of hashish from a vehicle of Afghan National Army (ANA) in eastern Nangarhar province. Four people wearing ANA uniforms have been arrested in connection with the drugs, said Nangarhar police spokesman. Hazrat Husain Mashriqiwal told a press conference that a vehicle of ANA carrying …

AT-KABUL: Amid searing anger from the general public, lawmakers and civil society of the war-wracked Afghanistan, Pakistan finally built military installations in Angoor Ada, an area of Paktika province, said an official. The Deputy Chairman of Paktika provincial council, Nematullah Babri, said that Pakistan has completed construction of military installations …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Being backed by Pakistan’s paramilitary troops, more than 500 Taliban started attacking Afghan security forces installations in Dand-e-Pathan district of Paktia province, last week, said a security official. Abdul Basir Khpalwak, a border police commander in Paktia province, said that military of Pakistan has even been supplying …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MMP) of Afghanistan on Sunday said that due to absence of comprehensive regulations and legal procedures, major companies were not ready to invest in the country’s mining sector. Addressing a press conference here, the minister for mines Dawood Shah Saba said that the …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) warned that if the government failed to rescue the kidnapped businessman from abductors, the traders would stop importing food items and will go on a nationwide shutter-down protest. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, the deputy chief of ACCI, Khan Jan …

AT-KABUL: The Islamic State, also popular as Daesh, on Sunday claimed attack on Pakistani paramilitary forces’ checkpoint in Bajaur Agency. The group which has vowed to erase the Durand Line as it did in Syria and Iraq, told Afghanistan Times that its fighters attacked the Frontier Corps (FC), Pakistan’s paramilitary …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Sunday said the electoral reforms package is incomplete and need further improvement. Welcoming the Electoral Reforms Commission (ERC) recommendations, the FEFA’s Chief Executive, Mohammad Yusuf Rashid, said the package has positive as well as negative and complicated …