Afghanistan Times
As insecurity has been deteriorating across the country, the responsibility of maintaining security and law and order don’t remain only confined to the ministry of interior and the ministry of defense. There is yet another ministry as well whose role could be countable given that it is not spineless. The …
Read More »Karzai slams US drone strike on funeral in Khost
AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced the US drone strike on a funeral in the southeastern Khost province. According to reports a drone strike on a funeral killed more than 30 civilians in Khost province. Hamid Karzai in a press statement issued by his office termed the drone strike as …
Read More »Roadside blasts kill 12 civilians in Urozgan, Kandahar
AT-KABUL: Roadside bomb blasts have killed 12 civilians in southern Kandahar and Urozgan provinces. Muhammad Nayab, the spokesman for Uruzgan governor office, told Afghanistan Times that at least six people of have been killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb struck a civilian vehicle in Dihrawood district of …
Read More »Wolesi Jirga for reforms in electoral bodies, NDS-IS deal details
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament, on Saturday urged the government to introduce reforms in electoral bodies and provide details about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security and Pakistan’s ISI. A number of lawmakers said they are not allowed to …
Read More »MoBTA to discuss border protection with tribal elders
“As insecurity has been ravaging, ramping up security along border areas is a must, therefore the ministry believes enlisting tribal elders support will be an effective strategy” By Safiullah Amani KABUL: The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs (MoBTA) on Saturday said that it will hold jirgas—elders’ councils—in a number …
Read More »Alleged suicide masterminds held in Laghman
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a group of four alleged suicide organizers detained in eastern Laghman province. The NDS said in a press statement that the spy agency personnel arrested the four alleged suicide organizers during an operation in Qarghaee district. The suspects named …
Read More »Hakimi vows reforms in MoF, stern war on corruption
“I am under pressure from different sides, including the cabinet members and the council of ministers. Such pressures will not work. I am committed to bring reforms in customs departments and will uproot endemic corruption in Finance Ministry” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: As corruption still remains biggest hurdle for the …
Read More »96 militants mowed down in military ops’
AT-KABUL: Nearly 96 Taliban fighters were killed and 61 others were wounded in crackdowns carried out by security forces in different provinces. The Interior Ministry on Saturday said in a statement that the Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of …
Read More »Dawood Ibrahim moved to Afghanistan-Pakistan border, says Indian Home Ministry
On May 11, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had informed Parliament that a Red Corner Notice was in existence against Dawood, accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts. New Delhi: India has identified at least five or six locations in Pakistan of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and the latest intelligence …
Read More »We cannot accept any deal with military and ISI of Pakistan: Karzai
“We want friendship with the people of Pakistan. We want all kinds of agreements with them. But we cannot accept any deal with the military and ISI of Pakistan as they have always pursued enmity with Afghanistan,” the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said. By Rahim Sarwan KABUL: Former Afghan …
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