The emergence of militants in Afghanistan claiming allegiance to Islamic State could disrupt White House plans to remove the remaining U.S. troops in that country by the end of next year. Islamic State has provided new ammunition to Pentagon and Afghan officials seeking to persuade the White House to reverse …

MoD kicks off probe into the incident By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The coalition forces’ choppers have targeted Afghan National Army’s (ANA) check-post in southeastern Logar province on Monday morning, killing at least 10 soldiers. Logar police chief, Daud Ahmadi, told Afghanistan Times that the collation troops’ air forces targeted the ANA …

At least ten people killed in town of Suruc after what one Kurdish source says was a suicide bombing. At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion at a cultural centre in the southeastern town of Suruc near Turkey’s border with Syria. Al Jazeera sources said Monday’s blast …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that human rights have been largely violated in first six months of this year. Quoted by Radio Azadi, the AIHRC spokesman, Rafiullah Bidar said the human rights situation has not stepped towards better direction; instead problems have increased in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following the first round of peace talks between the Afghan government delegation and the Taliban representatives in Islamabad, the High Peace Council (HPC) said the other day that is preparing for the second round of the dialogues. Quoted by Radio Azadi, HPC spokesman, Shahzada Shahid, said they …

KABUL: Pakistan has directed its hospitals not to treat injured Afghan Taliban militants, sources say. Some sources say Pakistan stopped treating Afghan militants in response to a call from President Ashraf Ghani, but others say the development came following a bloody Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar eight …

KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the establishment of the Electoral System Reform Commission by the unity government under the chairmanship of Sultan Shah Akefi. “This is an important step,” said Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. In a statement, the UNAMA head …

AT-KABUL: As rumors are doing rounds in media that former president Hamid Karzai is becoming a threat to the political stability of the country by trying to undermine the National Unity Government and become a third time president, Karzai and the President Ashraf Ghani held a meeting the other day …

AT-KABUL: Lawmakers and civil society activists said that Karzai has no intention to bring down the National Unity Government (NUG), led by President Ashraf Ghani. This comes at a time that the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, without mentioning any specific name said that no one should dare to …

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