At least 50 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after at least one gunman opened fired on concert-goers on the popular Las Vegas Strip in the US state of Nevada. The mass shooting took place late on Sunday outside a building at the Mandalay Bay Resort and …
Read More »Editorial: Ashura security
On Sunday, people around the world marked the 10th of Moharram, named Ashura that is the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossain and 72 other people both from his family members and honest and loyal friends. In Afghanistan the Ashura was marked amid serious threats posed by the terrorist group of …
Read More »Ashura Day marked peacefully; President Ghani calls for unity in Ashura Day ceremony
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday attended the Ashura (Tenth of Muharram) ceremony at the Imam Zaman Mosque in Kabul’s Police District 11, which was targeted by Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist a month ago. During his speech at the mosque, President Ghani said that …
Read More »22 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: At least twenty-two Daesh militants, also known as Islamic State (IS) rebels, including some Pakistani fighters, have been killed during operations in Nazyan, and Lalpura districts of eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said. Provincial governor spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that seven Pakistani militants were among killed …
Read More »Afghan air force mistakenly killed own troops on ground in Helmand
AT-KABUL: The Afghan Air Force has mistakenly bombed its own Afghan forces on the ground in southwestern Helmand province and killed ten and injured nine others, officials told Afghanistan Times. The airstrike was carried out today (Sunday) afternoon at around 5:00pm in Adam Khan area of Grishk district of Helmand …
Read More »Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghan children as young as 14 have fought in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan armed group supported by Iran that fights alongside government forces in the …
Read More »3 killed, 18 injured in Kabul blast
AT-KABUL: At least three people including two policemen were killed and 18 people were injured Thursday evening in Kabul city after a bomb attached to a police vehicle exploded in central Kabul city, official said. The sticky bomb was attached to a police vehicle and exploded at 6:30pm at first …
Read More »If we fully uphold our security, none can attack our airport: Karzai
AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai says that if Afghans were fully maintain security of their country, so none can dare to attack the airport. Former President said this during a gathering to mark the death anniversary of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President and High Peace Council Head. Karzai …
Read More »Editorial: Hampering polio eradication
Together with the Ministry of Public Heath, and UNICE, Afghanistan would successfully complete the nationwide polio ammonization campaign in all districts of Afghanistan. There is no doubt that the related officials are making every available effort to fully put an end to the polio various, but Taliban and other militant …
Read More »Secretary General wraps-up visit to Afghanistan, stresses NATO’s enduring support
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg concluded a two-day visit to Afghanistan on Thursday (28 September 2017), following a visit to NATO’s headquarters for southern Afghanistan. The Secretary General received operational briefings from senior military leaders at NATO’s Train Advise and Assist Command in Kandahar, and addressed troops from Allied and …
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