Ghani commends ANSF for thwarting terror bid AT-KABUL: Four Taliban suicide bombers, who launched hours-long gun battle in highly guarded diplomatic district of Kabul city, were killed by Afghan security forces, early in the morning, security officials told Afghanistan Times. Started around 11:00 pm, the six hours long failed attack …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Council (NSC), a high-level government body responsible for security of the state, distanced itself from the recently inked intelligence sharing deal with Pakistan’s spy agency. The NSC in a media statement said: “As the Presidential Palace has recently said that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Tuesday said that warning to the Taliban by Pakistan, to end its spring offensive, is part of Islamabad’s commitment to support Kabul in the war against terror and in the embryonic peace process. The ministry’s spokesman, Ahmad Shekib Mustaghn, in …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that comprehensive security policies were carved out to deal with the emerging threat of the Islamic State (IS). The interior ministry’s spokesman Sediq Sediqi said the Islamic State, popular as Daesh in Afghanistan, is going to accelerate its activities in …

AT-KABUL: Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs, Faiz Muhammad Usmani, has presented 100-day plan to President Ashrafi Ghani here on Tuesday. The minister said that preparations are underway to facilitate Afghans who want to perform the Hajj. He said that 24,000 computerized passports would be issued to those who want …

Majority of high-ranking officials’ assets forms incorrect and incomplete: IWA KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan, a non-governmental organization, said on Tuesday that majority of high-ranking officials of the former and current government did not fill their assets declaration form. The watchdog said that that majority of those who filled the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that masterminds of suicide attacks were arrested during a raid in Kabul. According to the media statement issued here by the spy agency, the alleged masterminds of suicide bombings have planned to carry out terror attacks in crowded area of …

KABUL: At least 14 policemen and seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in a fierce firefight with Taliban in the Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, an official said Tuesday. A provincial council member Attaullah Afghan said a group of militants stormed a number of security posts …

AT-KABUL: Four suicide bombers on Tuesday morning attacked the judicial complex of central Maidan Wardak province. All four bombers and two policemen were killed in a blast and exchange of gunshots, local officials told Afghanistan Times. The attack took place in Maidan Shahar, the capital city of the province, at …

The government policy of arming civilians and forming militias to tame the growing insecurity in the north has drawn flaks. As the government has been trying to rein in militancy, thousands of citizens from the north are expected to be mobilized to fight the Taliban in areas where the military …