Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 19 Taliban fighters during preemptive operation in southern Helmand province on Friday night, said security officials on Saturday. Ministry of Defense said that the Army Commando conducted a preemptive crackdown against enemy and targeted their hideouts in Mirmando …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 1,153 drug traffickers had been detained in the past one year, said    Court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Saturday, where the smugglers detained in various crackdowns in different parts of the country. 1,153 smugglers were apprehended on the charge of 810 …

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AT News Report KABUL: At least 25 militants have been killed and 21 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.   Peace talks between US and Taliban officials began late …

AT News Report KABUL: At least nine police officers were killed in a Taliban attack on their checkpoint in Ghazni province, officials said. Members of provincial council said Friday that the attack was carried out Thursday night in the Ghazni city, the provincial capital, with some of them alleging that …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters have blocked all the roads to the Azra district of Logar province, pressuring residents with a fully besiege, residents and officials said. Residents said on Friday that besiege has caused foodstuff prices doubled, while they are also facing health problems as the roads to …

AT News Report KABUL: A member of parliament claims that the Daesh terrorist network is accelerating recruitment in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nooristan. Lawmaker, Hazrat Ali said on Friday that the group’s newly-recruited fighters are sent to Pakistan for training and are brought back to the …

AT News Report KABUL: Security forces in the northern province of Baghlan are using schools as strongholds, depriving students from attending classes, residents in the province say. People in Baghlan say that security forces use not only schools, but other educational centers are also turned to their fortresses. “Thousands of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan’s permanent representative to the UN has been elected to serve as vice president of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). Adela Raz was unanimously selected for the position during a meeting of the CEIRPP Thursday morning. …