Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have destroyed a bomb-making factory belonged to the Taliban insurgents during an operation in southern Helmand province, security official said. Officials in the 215th Maiwand Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) said the factory was destroyed during an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces under command of the First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum have recaptured Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said. The district was fled to the Taliban on October 11, where after more than 18 days Afghan security forces succeeded to resize the district. …

AT-KABUL: Militants loyal to the Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist group, have carried out complex attacks on Pachir Aw Agam district of the eastern Nangarhar province, officials and local residents said Friday. The district lies in the southeast of the province, sharing border with Pakistani tribal areas. Daesh …

Afghan war is become uglier with each passing day. There is no end in sight to the miseries of general masses who have suffered a lot from the over three decades of invasions and civil war. Invaders have done little to improve lives of Afghans but did whatever they can …

Media reports suggested that the Taliban and Afghan government have once again engaged in the talks to give a life to the lifeless reconciliation process. According to the reports, the Taliban and Afghan government representatives held a secret meeting in Qatar where a senior US diplomat also participated.  Key Taliban …

AT-KABUL: One US soldier and one US civilian were killed in an attack by an unknown assailant Wednesday in Kabul, the US Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A) said in a statement. “One U.S. service member and one U.S. civilian died as a result of wounds sustained in Kabul, Afghanistan today (Wednesday). …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 20 de-miners have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the capital central of Logar province on Wednesday, official said. Crime Branch Police Chief Col. Mohammad Jan Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News the 20 workers of Sterling Global Operations were kidnapped in Elyas village of Pul-i-Alam …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 150 Taliban insurgents during two weeks of operation carried out in five districts of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. In addition to that more than 41 rebels were also wounded during operation. “Clearing operations still underway in Ghazni …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai’s advisor Shahzada Masoud said that keeping unity is only remedy to fight current crisis across the country. “Some eternal and external clusters struggling to create rifts and increase discord among Afghan nation throughout the country,” said Masoud. He said that discord among nations could be more …

AT-KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday in a new report on civilian casualties renewed its call for all parties to refocus their efforts on preventing harm to civilians, as latest figures released by UNAMA for the first three quarters of 2016 show continuing high numbers of …