Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Over 10 villages in the northern province of Kunduz have been cleared from Taliban militants during a series of operations conducted by police, officials said Tuesday. Since few days operation going on against Taliban insurgents in Talawka area center of Kunduz province, where till date ten villages cleared from …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Representatives from 20 countries would likely to participate in an international conference on peace, security and reconciliation to be hosted by Kabul next week. “The conference has been initiated as per instructions of President Ashraf Ghani,” Zardasht Shams, Afghanistan’s Deputy Head of Mission in Islamabad, was quoted …

All the time we are optimistic about Afghanistan’s future. Things are improving, despite the fact that after formation of the National Unity Government (NUG), security has been deteriorated. Economy situation is also going in the same scenario. But still, the Afghan masses are optimistic, and never slowed down their activities …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: Haji Farid a leader of Hizbe Islami Afghanistan and close relative of Engineer Gulbadin Hekmatyar was shot dead by unknown persons in Taaj Abad near to Peshawar University in early hours of Tuesday. Police officials informed that Haji Farid after offering Fajar (morning prays) in Najib Colony …

AT-KABUL: At least 55 militants were killed and 12 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 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A violent clash between police forces and the Taliban militants in Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province have resulted into killing of two policemen and five insurgents, officials said on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson, Abdul Karim Yourish, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the police personnel were targeted …

AT-KABUL: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent with the cooperation with the UAE embassy to Kabul distributed food items to the victims of Nooristan disasters residing in the neighboring provinces of Laghman and Nangarhar. In a statement, the UAE embassy said that following orders of the UAE President, Sheikh …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 100,000 Afghans have been forced to leave their homes because of war in 2017, the United Nations (UN) reported on May 29. Data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that 103,229 people have been displaced since January 2017. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban’s shadow governors for three districts of Herat province were killed in the operations launched by the security forces, interior ministry said Monday. They were the shadow governors for the districts of Kashk-e-Kohna, Adraskan and Parsi. Moreover, Taliban’s chief for Kashk-e-Kohna district, Kakar and his partners …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The European Commission has announced humanitarian assistance of over €44 million to help people in need in South-West and Central Asia, who continue to face the consequences of years of conflicts and displacement, as well as recurrent natural disasters. In a statement, the European Commission said that …