Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: An ex-commander of the Taliban militant group who has joined the peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, admitted that Taliban’s leadership is based in various parts of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the provincial government of Nangarhar, the insurgent militants has embraced the peace and reconciliation process …

A group of the Taliban militants attacked the police headquarters in Paktia province in the early morning of Sunday. According to reports, the first insurgent detonated his vehicle filled with the explosives at the entrance of the police headquarters that is located in the Gardez city, the provincial capital. As …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people were killed and 19 others wounded after a car bomber and multiple coordinated suicide attackers stormed Sunday the police headquarters in southern Paktia province, officials said. “First, one bomber detonated his explosives filled car in front of the police headquarters gate at around …

AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men kidnapped a foreign national Sunday in Kabul city, security officials confirmed. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for Kabul police named the abducted person as George, saying he was “from Africa”, but could not elaborate about his exact nationality of the kidnapped person. “The foreign person was abducted this …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people including five policemen and six bombers were killed and around 15 people including five civilians were injured in an ongoing Taliban coordinated attack against Paktia police headquarters. In first a mini-truck bomber detonated his explosive laden vehicle in first entrance of the Spinghar …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday said that increasing the US fresh troops wouldn’t be the solution for current crisis in Afghanistan. They said that Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) must be reviewed and Afghan forces should be equipped better in order …

AT-KABUL: The Saudi and Egyptian diplomats in separate meetings with former president Hamid Karzai, asked him to support the position of their respective countries against Qatar, Karzai’s office said Saturday. “The former president in meetings with Egyptian ambassador and Saudi charge d affairs to Kabul, called for the unity and …

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but in Afghanistan is famous by its Arabic language acronym Daesh.  The group is widely known for its video of beheading civilians and military. The group is brutal in every front. They are engaged in destruction activity in Afghanistan in these …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KBAUL: Ministry of Defense on Saturday said that Afghan forces had been descended onto the Tora Bora mountains and have removed Daesh terrorists from the bottom of the mountains in Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province. “24 hours after the report of presence of Daesh in Tora Bora …

AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Thursday’s attack on a mosque in Kabul, saying “like other terrorist attacks it was organized outside the borders”. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the al-Zahra mosque in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, in which, four people were martyred …