Afghanistan Times

Donald Trump had taken a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying it was of no use in the war-torn country. NEW DELHI: Amid global discussion on India-Afghanistan ties after US President Donald Trump’s recent remark, former vice president Hamid Ansari has said that Indian …

KABUL: The Afghan security service (NDS) raided Taliban hideouts in southern Logar province as part of counterterrorism operation there to curb the militantmovement, officials said on Monday. The National Security Directorate said its operatives in a joint operation with the police raided several hideouts of the extremist Taliban in Khosi …

KABUL: Police authorities said Monday that firearms and ammunition have been seized in an operation targeting terrorist cells in Kabul city. Kabul police have discovered and confiscated one AK-47 rifles, four boxes of PK bullets, three boxes of AK-47 bullets, three boxes of RPGs and one box of grenade launcher …

Though the United States is preferring taking away the peace process to its logical conclusion and for the purpose its suggestion of delaying the Presidential Polls from April till next July. However, electioneering process is taking place in Kabul whereas the aspirants and their supporters are engaged in heals and …

KABUL: Afghan security forces discovered and busted two huge drug labs in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials. Two big narcotic labs were busted and drugs set ablaze in Shinwar district of Nangarhar, said Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani. He said that 60 sacks of opium with some other materials discovered from …

KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said on Monday it has funded the treatment of 1,742 patients with heart disease in 2018. ARCS has treated 1742 children with disease of hole in heart inside the country and in abroad, which reveal 60 percent increase in treatment. Last year 1200 children …

KABUL: The High Peace Council says the place for holding peace talks is not important, but this is important to hold it between Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. Sayed Ehsan Taheri, a spokesman of the council said Monday that no person, entity or country could not make decision on …

AT-KABUL: Anti-Taliban operation has been continuing infinitely with leaving mass-scale casualties on the part of the extremist group in southern Kandahar province, security officials said Monday.   At least 97 Taliban have been killed in the ongoing operations conducted in Shah Wali Kot district by the Afghan forces along with Resolute …

KABUL: At least six people – including two children – were killed following an explosion at a local market in Paktika which was mistakenly triggered, according to officials. The blast happened when an unexplodedordnance went off among a crowd of civilians at a local market in Janikhel district of Paktika …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Tehran, Nasir Ahmad Nour said that Iran’s Southeastern port of Chabahar is of vital importance to Afghanistan, saying the Afghan government and private sector are eager to see the port in full swing. Nasir Ahmad Nour, in an interview with an Iranian news outlet, …