Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Struggling against the insurgent groups to maintain law and order, Baghlan province police has been infuriated by lawmakers and government officials. The provincial police chief on Monday alleged the MPs and public officials of supporting the Taliban. General Aminullah Amarkhel, in an interview with Radio Azadi said …
Read More »Kabul districts get new chiefs
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior has appointed new police chiefs at all police districts of Kabul. Kabul Police Chief, Abdur Rahman Rahimi, said that following the procedure the new chiefs were assigned for all 16 police districts and different security regiments in Kabul. Speaking at a press conference, the Kabul …
Read More »14 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 14 armed Taliban were killed and five others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, said the interior ministry. In a press release issued here, Ministry of interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of …
Read More »Council formed for better liaison between govt, children
AT-KABUL: The Mobile Mini-Circus for Children (MMCC) and the Afghan Educational Children’s Circus (AECC) established a council for children to convey their problems in better manner to the relevant authorities. As many as 450 children from nine provinces and 10 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps are part of the council …
Read More »Eight civilians killed in Nangarhar bomb blasts
AT-KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and three others injured in two separate roadside bomb blasts in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, provincial police said. The first blast took place in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar, early Monday morning at 8:00am, when students were on way to school. Two …
Read More »Death and destruction in Panjshir
Panjshir, once known to be the valley of peace (because the insurgent Taliban couldn’t dare to carry out suicide bombings except one or two) and natural beauty has been worst hit by deaths and destruction caused by deadliest avalanches. The death and destruction is so massive that the government called …
Read More »Karzai, Ghani, Abdullah offer Fatiha for victims of natural disasters
AT-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah prayed Fatiha for departed souls of the victims of natural disasters in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai prayed that may Allah Almighty rest the deceased souls in eternal peace. He extended his condolences to families of the …
Read More »Uzbek militant women swapped for aid workers in Faryab
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government has released Uzbek women in exchange for three engineers of a welfare organization captured by militants in Faryab province. Spokesman for Faryab governor office, Ahmad Javid Baidar, confirmed the release of Uzbek women, detained by Afghan security forces in the province for having links with …
Read More »PC members’ monitoring right resumed after tinkering
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The provincial council (PC) members’ right of monitoring government offices was resumed through a decree issued by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday. The Wolesi Jirga, (the parliament), on the day before their vacation passed a controversial draft that annulled the overseeing right of provincial council members …
Read More »Kabul summons Pak ambassador over Afghan diplomats’ arrest
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday summoned Sayed Abrar Hussain, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kabul, in connection to the arrest and harassment of four Afghan diplomats by police in Peshawar. According to reports, the four diplomats were arrested among several Afghan nationals by police in scattered localities of …
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