Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Nearly one million people have been displaced within past three months as violence lingers across the country, a human watchdog said on Wednesday. An official of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Binafsha Yaqobi told a press conference in Kabul that around 158,392 families were displaced in …
Read More »Editorial: Allahu Akbar – a quarrel against injustice
The people of Afghanistan on Tuesday night connected in such a way that never existed before. Some of Kabul residents climbed on their roof, some others took to the streets with increasing chanting of Allahu Akbar over and over as it became an echoing cry around the city and some …
Read More »Karzai condemns terror attack at defense minister’s house
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned thee “terrorist attack” on the house of Besmellah Mohammadi, acting defense minister. In a statement issued Wednesday, Karzai denounced the attack as inhumane act that was against all human and Islamic principles. According to official reports, eight civilians were killed in …
Read More »US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad: Kabul, Taliban should negotiate formation of new govt
AT News KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, says the Afghan government and the Taliban should discuss the architecture of a new government. According to reports, Khalilzad said on Tuesday that both the Afghan government and the Taliban should not repeat the mistakes made after …
Read More »274 Taliban “terrorists” killed in raids
AT News KABUL: Afghan troops have killed hundreds of the Taliban “terrorists” in strategic military onslaughts in which 119 of them were wounded since Tuesday, officials have said. At least 274 Taliban terrorists were killed by Afghan security forces during clashes and counter-attacks that occurred in Nangarhar, Logar, Kandahar, Farah, …
Read More »Civil strife in Afghanistan a concern, says US
AT News KABUL: With violence at its boiling point, the United States says one of its many concerns about Afghanistan is that it could slip into civil strife. There has been a sharp uptick in Taliban-linked violence since April when US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all American …
Read More »285 attacks foiled, 643 Taliban killed in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: More than 285 attacks of the Taliban militants have been repulsed and 643 terrorists were killed by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province in the past two months, according to officials. According to a statement issued by Nangarhar Press Disk, Nangarhar Police Chief Sultan Dawod said …
Read More »UN Security Council condemns surge of violence in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Members of the United Nations Security Council expressed their “deepest concerns” about the high levels of violence in Afghanistan following recent Taliban offensives, and called for an immediate reduction of hostilities. In a statement, the Security Council voiced its concerns about the number of “serious” human rights …
Read More »UN: Rising violence hinders graft fight
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says in a report that intensifying of violence has slowed the Afghan government’s efforts to fight corruption, adding that although Kabul has taken positive steps in making laws for counter corruption. The UNAMA released its fifth annual report titling …
Read More »Soldier killed in car bomb in Wardak
AT News KABUL: One security force member was killed and number of others wounded in a car bombing carried out by Taliban- that also inflicted casualties on civilians in Maidan Shar, the capital city of central Wardak province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Mohammad Mustafa Mayar said that gunfire erupted between security …
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