Afghanistan Times

By Mohammad Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: At least 235 civilians were rescued from Taliban and Daesh captivity today afternoon, who had been trapped in Mirza-Olang village of Sayad district of Sar-e-Pol province, after it fall to the militants Saturday, officials said. The villagers, mostly children, women and elderly people, who spent four …

AT Monitoring Desk-PUL-I-ALAM: The Taliban have ordered stopped work on some development projects in Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, residents complained on Tuesday, a claim the insurgents confirmed. A tribal elder in the district, Siraj Ahmad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that reconstruction work on the Sorkhab-Pul-i-Kandahari, Dehno-Pul-i-Kandahari and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday vowed to avenge the massacre of innocent people in the Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Addressing a gathering on anti-corruption drive, the president offered his condolences to the bereaved families and said the enemy of the country once again showed …

AT-KABUL: A number of senators delivered the package of Loya Jirga suggestion to President Ashraf Ghani, a demand to solve the current problems. The senators have asked the president to make serious measures on the holding of the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly). The suggestion is delivered to president at a …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the mass killing of civilians by the anti-government armed groups in the Mirza Olang village of Sar-e-Pul province, calling it an “inhumane” act and against all Islamic orders. Over 50 civilians were reportedly shot dead and decapitated by Taliban and Daesh terrorist fighters …

“Durand’s Curse” —A line across Pathan Heart In 1893, Mortimer Durand, an Englishman duped the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman into signing blindly on a piece of paper. Consequently Afghanistan lost 40,000 square miles of its territory, first to Britain and then to Pakistan. Yet, no one knows why this happened. …

The massacre of more than 40 innocent women and children which was carried out recently by the Taliban militants in Sar-i-Pul province, has made the Afghan people and government deeply saddened. This inhuman act of terrorism and genocide of Afghan masses by Taliban indeed is a war crime and open …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have shot dead two would-be suicide bombers in the Taqab district of central Kapisa province, a military statement said on Tuesday. The 201st Selab Military Cops said that the suicide attackers on motorcycles wanted to target security forces in the district on Monday …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabul police have detained two people in connection with the murder of five children from a single family in Kabul city, official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Salim Almas, crime branch chief for the 101st Asmaee zone, said in a post on his Facebook account that …

With no secured provider for chartered flights, tonnes of fruits rot at Kabul airport Weeks after the India-Afghanistan air corridor trade project was launched, the project has run into rough weather, with fruit exporters complaining that procedural delays, particularly a shortage of cargo planes, are causing them major losses. Matters …