Afghanistan Times
Asia’s leading home textile event will be held from 27 – 30 August, 2018 in Shanghai. The 2017 edition was attended by over 1,096 exhibitors from 30 countries and 38,964 trade buyers from 99 countries and regions. From the last few years, there has been a special Carpet Zone in which 2 companies from Afghanistanparticipated for the …
Read More »Five killed, 26 wounded in Save the Children office attack
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least five people were killed and 26 others wounded on Wednesday in a coordinated attack on the office of ‘Save the Children’ in eastern Nangarhar province. “First a car bomber detonated the explosives in front of the Save the Children office in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar …
Read More »65 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 65 militants were killed and 43 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …
Read More »No transparency, no free, fair elections: Rana Think Tank
AT-KABUL: Vice president of New Front of Afghanistan political party and former deputy minister of higher education, ministry Sadiq Patman claimed the Unity Government is not willing to hold transparent electoral process in the country and the Election Commission has not required capability. Patman, as a keynote speaker made the …
Read More »Assailants knew different parts of the Intercontinental Hotel: MoI
AT-KABUL: Interior minister said Tuesday that initial investigations show that the attackers on the Intercontinental Hotel knew different parts of the luxury hotel. “Sure, they were previously in the hotel and knew different parts of it. They also knew who was staying there,” Wais Ahmad Barmak said, adding that still …
Read More »‘Taliban intends to change Farah to its base’
AT-KABUL: The governor for the western province of Farah warned that Taliban group plans to change the volatile province into its base, however, he assured that the militant group could not fulfill the plan. Farah residents are worrying about the future of the province as the militants have intensified attacks …
Read More »113 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 113 militants were killed and 36 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has …
Read More »Editorial: Really become fed up
Brutal act on innocent people is unjustifiable to any law and human principles across the world. The Afghan masses strongly believe that the current ongoing war is an inhuman, in which a large number of foreign fighters have been infiltrated among the Taliban insurgents—making the war more complicating and deadly. …
Read More »‘Immediately arrest or expel Taliban from your soil,’ says US to Pakistan, after weekend attack in Kabul
NEW DELHI: After the weekend terror attack in Kabul that killed at least 22 people, many of them civilians, the US White House today told Pakistan in no uncertain terms that it needs to immediately arrest or expel the Taliban’s leaders who operate from Pakistani territory. “We call on Pakistan …
Read More »Investigations for Intercontinental Hotel underway: interior ministry
AT-KABUL: Inter ministry said it was investigating the private security company responsible for the security of the Intercontinental hotel as well as some of staff of the hotel. In a Taliban attack on the landmark hotel, at least 18 people 14 of them foreign nationals were killed and 10 others …
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