Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has asked the US president-elect, Donald Trump to withdraw his troops from Afghanistan and let the Afghan people resolve their issues internally. In a letter following Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Hekmatyar said that the presence of the US forces and operations, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least four people killed and over 15 others wounded, after a suicide bomber targeted the heavily guarded and the largest base for the US forces in Bagram district of northern Parwan province, said officials. “A suicide bomber managed to enter into the Bagram air base among …

A group of the Taliban fighters attacked the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif Thursday night using an explosives-laden vehicle which rammed the high outer wall of the building to help other attackers open fire at the Afghan and German guards. Mazar-e-Sharif is the capital of relatively peaceful …

AT-KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in a report said that absence rate in Afghan schools is much higher than what the Afghan officials claim, despite spending of some $868 million dollars to rebuild the education system in Afghanistan. The report said that many schools lacked basic …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned attack on German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province. “I strongly condemn the last night (Thursday night) terrorist attack on the German consulate. The attack on the friendly country also resulted casualties of some civilians,” Karzai was quoted …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four children have been killed and four other received injuries after a bomb exploded inside a house in the outskirts of the capital of western Herat province, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place inside the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of civil activists and political figures in a large gathering organized by Loya Afghanistan Movement in Kabul urged the international community to resolve the Durand Line issue. They also emphasized that Afghan people should solve the problem of the de-facto border by forging unity between …

KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemned last night’s attack against civilian residents of the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Shortly before midnight on 10 November, a vehicle laden with heavy explosives detonated in the vicinity of the German Consulate in Mazar, killing four civilians and injuring 128, including 19 …

AT-KABUL: A powerful Taliban truck bomb targeted the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province late on Thursday night, killing at least five people and wounding more than 120, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The attack which the Taliban called it a “revenge” for US air strikes in the volatile …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Selection Committee of Election Commissioners on Thursday said that after reviewing 722 applications it has shortlisted 36 candidates for the positions of electoral commissioners. The list has been submitted to President Ashraf Ghani who will finalize names of those fit for the positions. Out of over …