Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Ministry of Defense rejected the recent media reports about reactivation of the notorious Bagram detention center by the US officials and said the prison was under control of the Afghan government. The ministry’s deputy spokesman Dawlat Wazeri in a telephonic interview with Afghanistan Times said the Bagram …

AT-KABUL: At least 17 protestors were killed and more than 50 were injured as result of a suicide bombing in southeastern Khost city of the country, local officials said on Thursday. The deadly suicide attack in eastern Khost province has targeted demonstrators, who were protesting against the provincial officials to …

AT- Kabul: Deputy Information and Culture Minister, Simeen Hasanzada, has been dismissed for publicly endorsing the brutal lynching of a young woman, who was beaten to death by an angry mob in Kabul city for allegedly burning a copy of the holy Quran two weeks back. The 27-year-old Farkhunda was …

Much of ex-President Hamid Karzai’s tenure was fraught with tensions. He was seen in diatribe against American policies. Most of the times, he was rebuked in western corporate media. And at times he was painted an astute leader. He was in battle with Americans over the long sought ban on …

AT: KABUL: Hundreds of residents of Bamiyan province staged protests against what they called the government’s silence over kidnapping of 31 passengers on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Zabul province. It has been more than a month that a group of armed militants kidnapped 31 passengers of Hazara ethnicity in Shahjoi district …

AT: KABUL: At least seven Taliban militants have been killed and eight others wounded in military operation conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Zabul province, said a local official. Zabul police chief, Ghulam Sakhi Roghlewanai, said that security forces have conducted a large-scale offensive against the Taliban militants in Atghar, …

AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: A number of lawmakers and political experts believe that illegal armed groups were posing threat to security of people. They said that the illegal armed groups receive support from some political groups. Nazifa Zaki, a member of the internal security committee of Wolesi Jirga (WJ), said that …

AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: Members of Electoral Reform Commission, recently appointed by the president, on Wednesday criticized the government for granting them advisory role for brining reforms in electoral bodies. The members said the commission has no authority to take decision while brining reform in election panels. “Brining reform in electoral …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least nine civilians have been taken hostage by the Taliban militants in northern Sar-i-Pul province, said local official on Wednesday. Bokhdi News Agency quoted the chief of Sar-i-Pul provincial council (PC), Mohammad Noor Rahmani, as saying that the hostages are kept in one of areas of …

AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: Two groups of militants belonging to the Taliban and Hezb-i-Islami exchanged fires with in Maidan Wardak province, leaving Taliban’s designated spy chief for Narkh district dead. A statement issued by Maidan Wardak Media and Information Center on Wednesday said that the incident took place in Karimdad area of Narkh …