Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ongoing clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents have been resulted into closure of Kunduz-Takhar highway in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province on Friday. According to provincial officials, Khanabad district is in brink of collapse as clashes on the move. The Khanabad distract …

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At least two Palestinians have been killed, according to local media, and hundreds more injured amid mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In the first incident, an Israeli settler killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according …

“LeT’s chief Hafiz Saeed (a UN-designated terrorist) continued to address large rallies, although in February 2017, Pakistan proscribed him under relevant provisions of Schedule Four of the Anti-Terrorism Act, thus severely restricting his freedom of movement,” it noted. The United States on Wednesday listed Pakistan among nations that provide “safe …

Nawa district in the south of Lashkargah city of Helmand province has liberated from the Taliban insurgents control this week. Over 80 Taliban insurgents were killed during retaken operation carried out by the brave Afghan security forces. Security forces and civilians received minor causalities. The government regains the control of …

Private military contractors have spotted an opportunity as America’s longest war grinds on. Here’s a crazy idea floating around Washington these days, outlandish even by today’s outlandish standards: The United States should hire a mercenary army to “fix” Afghanistan, a country where we’ve been at war since 2001, spending billions …

By Mirwais Jalalzai-“They told me that my mother had sold me to them,” Jamila” said of her kidnappers, who abducted her from her home in Kabul when she was only 14, then forced her into sexual servitude . “They forced me to drink alcohol, smoke shisha and do lap dance …

WASHINGTON: A powerful US Congressional committee has said that India, which is a regional partner to Afghanistan and a major defense partner of the US, is well-suited to assist Kabul in its border security. In a report attached along with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2018, the all-powerful Senate …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least seven militants of Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist group have been killed as a result of an explosion by their own explosives in the Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: According to local officials, two security posts have been fallen to Taliban insurgents on Wednesday as a result of militant attack which claimed six security personnel dead and five others sustained injuries in southern Zabul province. A local security official, who wished to be unidentified, told Pajhwok …