Afghanistan Times

Vulnerable Afghans are struggling to cope with harsh winter. Heavy snowfall and freezing temperature in northern Afghanistan claimed more than 40 lives so far. Winter is proved deadly for poor people, and especially for the Internal Displace Persons (IDPs) who were living under mud houses and tents. Nothing burns them …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A police officer and a school student were killed and eight people wounded in two bomb blasts in southeastern province of Khost, local official said Wednesday. “The first bomb targeted a police vehicle and when the people arrived to help the victims, the second one went off,” …

AT-KABUL: In an airstrike carried out by foreign, a senior leader of Daesh terrorist group, Shahid Umer was killed on Wednesday in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said. Provincial governor’s spokesperson, Attaullah Khogyani said, “Shahid Umer was commanding a group of 40 Daesh loyalists in Nangarhar province.” He added that …

AT News Report-KABUL: Eklil Hakimi, finance minister and Mohammad Reza Bahrami, ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran in a meeting talked on different economic cooperation, finance ministry said Wednesday. “The two sides discussed development and strengthen of banking relations between the two countries, the fourth line of Khawaf-Herat railway, customs …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) on Wednesday released a report revealing that armed insurgents including Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS), aka, Daesh terrorists are being beefed by illegally digging mines. A survey conducted by the AACN showed that insurgents gained $46 million through illegal extraction of minerals …

Since the collapse of the Taliban regime, the terrorist outfit is turning every available stone in fight against Afghan and foreign forces. The group uses every step in their fight—from face-to-face fight to suicide attacks—from coordinated attacks to covert ones. But at every front, the insurgents failed to defeat Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents have continued for the last three days in Sangin district of Helmand province, in which 32 insurgents were killed and 49 others wounded, security official said. Three Afghan National Army were also killed in the attack. Clash erupted …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban have newly planted landmines in over 400 sq km lands across the country during the past two years, said State Ministry for Disaster Management Affairs (SMDMA). Newly planted areas are mostly located in insecure parts of the country. It was due the Afghanistan to reach its …

Insurgents control only eight districts; clearance operations continue there: MoD By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday rejected a report released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that the government was controlling less than 60 percent of the territory. As of November, the government …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Counter-Narcotics-Police (CNP) has arrested 11 drug runners in the past one week, security officials said on Wednesday. CNP has apprehended 11 smugglers through different crackdown and handed over them to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings, said a statement issued by the CJTF. It …