Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL Special Units of the National Directorate of Security have carried out special raids against Taliban cells in at least 5 provinces of the country where at least 65 militants including members of Haqqani network and Pakistanis were killed and 33 others were injured, the agency said in a statement. …

AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Hanif Atmar in meeting with the commander of the US central command, General Joseph Votel in Kabul, discussed the needs of the Afghan security forces. ‌The National Security Council said Saturday that the two sides also talked on how to neutralize terrorist plans in the war …

AT-KABUL: A number of legislators at the Wolesi Jirga of the parliament have said that the US is helping and supporting those possible candidates for the parliamentarian election to shore up the bilateral security agreement (BSA), between Kabul and Washington, which has been signed in the beginning days of the …

AT-KABUL: The resolution of a religious scholars’ meeting held Friday in the Indonesian capital, is for the success of the peace process in Afghanistan, the High Peace Council believes. Clerics from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia called suicide attacks and attacks on the civilians in Afghanistan ‘haram’ (unlawful) in Islam. They …

AT-KABUL: A number of parliamentarians blame their colleagues for not fulfilling their responsibility, saying they betray the people. They said Saturday that those MPs who escape their responsibilities, are accountable to the people that trusted them and voted for them. Gholam Hossein Naseri, a member of parliament, said that the …

AT-KABUL: The electoral watchdogs believe that stickers on the copy of ID cards of the voters would not solve problems, but even cause fraud. Yousuf Rashid, head of Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), said Saturday that one person could vote through different centers with sticker on his/her …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan plans to open two new air corridors soon with Turkey and Saudi Arabia, a government official said, with an aim to increase exports and decrease imports. The air corridor to Turkey would be opened this week, while another one would link Afghan businessmen next week to Saudi Arabia, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton has said the Taliban could not win on the battlefield and should join the Afghan government-initiated peace process. In an interview with the US media in Washington Bolton said they would never allow the Taliban to take over …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann has said Afghan security forces suffered terrible injuries while working towards peace and security for the Afghan people, a statement from the SCR office said on Saturday. “When more and more Afghan children can go to school, this is …

Security deterioration and the Afghan masses frustration over security brasses for their incompetence in maintaining rule of law to change the current fragile situation of the country have caused new appointment and replacement of police chiefs for 14 provinces with sending 10 officers to the waiting list. The Ministry of …