Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: A three-day meeting of representatives of Afghanistan partners in peace process begins on Tuesday in Doha, officials said on Monday. The State Ministry for Peace said that the three-day meeting of the Special Representatives of partner countries in Afghanistan peace will start in Doha on Tuesday. Najiya …
Read More »Editorial: Ironical advances of Taliban
The Taliban have ironically made advances across Afghanistan as the group overrun five key provincial capitals. Despite spending billions of dollars, the U.S. either intentionally or unintentionally has not trained and equipped the Afghan security forces sufficiently and properly during its 20-year presence. With the U.S. is going to complete …
Read More »Ghani urges mobilization of pro-government forces
AT News KABUL: Amidst a rapidly deteriorating security situation, President Ghani in a meeting with political leaders, jihadi figures and the heads of the National Assembly called for quick mobilization of pro-government forces. Ghani said that during the meeting, while supporting the security forces and the survival of the republic …
Read More »Pakistan risks global isolation for supporting Taliban
AT News KABUL: A Pakistani senator warns that his country would suffer international sanctions and isolation due to supporting Taliban who have waged deadly attacks in different parts of Afghanistan. Senator Mustafa Nawaz, said Monday that Islamabad needs to bring changes in its foreign policy and cooperate with the Afghan …
Read More »Two prosecutors gunned down in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A veteran journalist, and attorney at the Afghan Attorney General’s Office, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kabul city on Sunday, officials said. The Attorney General’s Office said that a vehicle carrying prosecutors in charge of the Bagram Justice Center and Prison was attacked …
Read More »Army strikes back; Hundreds of Taliban killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 579Taliban militants were killed and 161of them were wounded in military crackdowns by Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Afghan security forces succeeded to kill 579 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in Nangarhar, Khost, …
Read More »Taliban kill abducted Ghazni policewomen
AT News KABUL: The Taliban shod the two female police personnel, whom, the group earlier abducted in the central province of Ghazni, a source said on Monday. According to the source, who was talking on condition of anonymity, the bodies of the police personnel were found in Kashk area of …
Read More »27 children killed in violence in past days, UN says
AT News KABUL: The UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) voiced concerns over rise in violence against children, saying that 27 children were killed and 130 others wounded within past 72 hours of violence nationwide. The UN agency said in a statement on Monday that called on the mediation component to …
Read More »Thousands displaced by fighting in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Thousands of families have displaced in different areas particularly in the provinces where battles between government forces and Taliban fighters are going on within the past two weeks, officials confirm. “5,300 families have fled their homes in the past 15 days alone,” Mohammad Reza Baher, spokesman of …
Read More »Bomb explosion in Paktia kills at least 12
AT News KABUL: At least 12 civilians were killed and two others wounded, including women and children, after a passenger vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in southern Paktia last night, according to officials. A roadside bomb that Taliban planted went off in Chino village of Sayed …
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