Afghanistan Times

AT-Kabul: High Peace Council is gearing up to host religious scholars from Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss stalled peace process, just in the wake of talks between Afghan officials with the Taliban leadership in Saudi Arabia. Karim Khalili, chief of the council, said that Kabul has been lobbying with Pakistan’s …

AT-KABUL: More than three thousand families including people hit by drought, police martyrs’ families and nomads received 441 tons of wheat in aid on Saturday in northern Samangan province, officials said. Rajab Ali Yousufi, head of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) for Samangan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the …

AT-KABUL: The internally displaced families in the western province of Herat are selling their child daughters to make money and save other members of the families, local official said Saturday. “We have so far registered 72 cases of girls selling by their parents in Herat and other adjacent provinces under …

By Ambassador Dr. Zia Nezam-Afghan security forces have repeatedly demonstrated courage and determination to defeat terrorist tyranny.  Our forces are tenaciously bringing the battle to the Taliban and their ilk.  Thus, for example, the Taliban-led insurgency has been unable to wrest control of the major part of the national territory, …

AT-KABUL: More than fifty-seven Taliban insurgents have been killed and ten wounded in fresh offensives launched by Afghan security forces over the past day. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Afghan Army and Police and National Directorate of Security officers launched joint operations against insurgents in different …

AT-KABUL: Some foreign nationals armed with sophisticated weapons and modern technology, are in Helmand province to collect information about the Kajaki hydropower dam, the provincial governor claimed. “Our intelligence operatives have found out that some foreign nationals who seem to be from Iran, are here and ask questions from the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: As civilian casualties hit record high in Afghanistan, Parliament on Wednesday called the spike in deaths a matter of ‘grave concern’, urging security agencies to ratchet up efforts to rein in the menace. The concerns are voiced a day after the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan raised …

AT-KABUL: Twelve civilians were killed on Sunday in an airstrike in Maidan Wardak province during operations conducted by pro-government forces in the area, according to preliminary findings by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). UN mission said all of the victims were women and children from the same family …

AT-KABUL: At least 51 militants have been killed in the past day in military crackdowns that left 31 others wounded across the country. Afghan national security and defense forces launched a string of joint operations against insurgents in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Ghazni, Logar, Kandahar, Zabul, Badghis, Herat, Faryab, Baghlan, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz …

KABUL: National directorate of security on Wednesday said it has arrested nine Taliban insurgents in intelligence operations in Kabul City. The insurgent Taliban members in detention are believed to have been involved in ‘subversive’ activities and responsible for many counts of bombings and ambushes on security forces, spying on government, …