Afghanistan Times

An influential US Congressman yesterday introduced a strongly worded bill in Congress to declare “untrustworthy ally” Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. “Not only is Pakistan an untrustworthy ally, Islamabad has also aided and abetted enemies of the United States for years,” said Congressman Ted Poe, who is Chair of …

AT Monitoring DesKABUL: A group of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) elders have filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to challenge merger of tribal belt into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The petition has been filed by five tribal elders belonging to the various parts of FATA agencies, questioning the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have blocked roads of three districts in southern Paktika province, leading main towns which have created unrest among the citizens, having no access to food items, other fundamental facilities and they are also at the risk of famine, local officials said. The residents of …

Alarm bells have to be ringed in the security agencies after the recent Kabul bloodbath in which over 30 people were killed and more than 76 others received injures. This furious act has directly put forward that this time Pakistani-backed militants would put in exercise every stone to target Afghan …

Pakistan is opening its border with Afghanistan for just 48 hours starting today, and only for people. This is too little too late for those who lost over two weeks of their lives stranded at the border, or who depend on regular and legal cross-border transit. In addition, Pakistan is …

NEW DELHI: The so-called Islamic State terror group (or Daesh) and the Taliban in Afghanistan are not opposed to each other. They have “a symbiotic relationship”. “People who are now saying that Daesh is the enemy of Taliban and Taliban will fight Daesh are wrong,” said Hanif Atmar, national security …

Disregard for Medical Neutrality Harms Patients, Health Workers, and the Public Today’s deliberate attack on a military hospital in Kabul is a war crime – the latest incident targeting patients, healthcare personnel, and medical facilities in Afghanistan. An armed group affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) reportedly …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday has strongly condemned terrorist attack on Sardar Dawood Khan—a military hospital in Kabul. Over 30 people were martyred and more than 50 injured in the attack. In a statement issued by his office, Karzai said that the attack was carried out by the …

Criticizing Pakistan’s policy by its lawmakers is a strong evidence for Kabul: Afghan lawmakers AT-KABUL: Some parliamentarians believe that Kabul can complain against Pakistan to the United Nations Security Council based on recent criticisms raised by Pakistani legislators against Islamabad administration. The senior criticisms raised by the Pakistani MPs for …

AT-KABUL: The First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has said that presence of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Leader of Hezb-e-Islami, in Kabul, would import positive impacts on the current security situations across the country. Gen. Dostum said it during a meeting with the top officials of Hezb-e-Islami, including Hekmatyar’s son …