AT-KABUL: Seven members of a family were killed in roadside bomb blast on Friday in the Baraki Barak district of eastern Logar province, an official said. Logar Governor’s spokesman, Din Mohammad Darvish, said that the slain included two men, a woman and four children who were on their way to …

There has been a serious spike in roads insecurity. Masses, once again urged the government to take decisive measures to ensure security along highways. However, the calls fell once again on deaf ears as kidnapping and killing of passengers have become an order of the day.  Instead of establishing security …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Fact Finding Commission, established after killing of the 27-year old Farkhunda to probe the case, has found Farkhunda innocent. The commission’s findings showed that Farkhunda was accused of burning copy of the Holy Quran. The 27-year old was lynched and killed by a mob in Kabul City …

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 …