Afghanistan Times

Taking separate flights to Brussels is a clear sign of tension between President Ghani and CEO Abdullah: Ehsani By Farhad Naibekhel-KABUL: The Young Activists Network for Reform and Change (YANRC), a civil society organ, said Wednesday that the Brussels’ financial aid would be for the Afghan nation, not a white …

KABUL: The two-day Brussels International Conference on Afghanistan kicked off in the Belgium capital on Tuesday, when the European Commission announced new financial assistance to the Afghan government in the form of a State-building contract. Tomorrow, the European Union and the government of Afghanistan will co-host the Brussels Conference that …

AT-KABUL: A number of Afghans in Belgium’s capital, Brussels, have organized a protest rally on Tuesday and announced support to the former President Hamid Karzai and condemned the ‘act of an insult’ against the ex-president. They held the demonstration in front of the building where the summit on Afghanistan was …

When the Brussels summit is taking place to financially support the Afghan government, another report has caught attention of many. As many as 600 people attempted suicide in first half of the current year in Herat province. According to the spokesman for the zonal hospital in Herat, eighteen people succeeded …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior Pakistani politician and chairman of the Qaumi Watan Party Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao called on Pakistani officials to start a dialogue process with Afghanistan aimed at eliminating trust-deficit between the two countries. “Pakistan should start a dialogue with Afghanistan at various levels to help remove …

AT-KABUL: At least sixty-five insurgents including twelve Daesh fighters were killed and fifty others wounded in different operations lunched by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, said that the national …

AT-KABUL: At least 56 militants loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed during joint clearing operations lunched by security forces and international forces in eastern Nangarhar province, local official said Tuesday. The provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal said the terrorists were killed in Pikhe-Khwar area of …

AT-KABUL: There are conflicting reports about the fall of Helmand province’s Khanshin district to the Taliban. Heavy clashes are underway between security forces and the Taliban insurgents in different parts of the province including on the outskirt of the Lashkar Gah city, provincial capital. “After fierce fighting rocked the district, …

AT-KABUL: Political Parties and Civil Societies representatives on Tuesday urged the government leaders to accomplish commitments made during electoral campaigns. “The national unity government leaders must run constitutional Loya Jirga and electoral reforms as they committed during first days of the establishment,” said Omar Ayyar, head of the Unite Afghanistan …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The security forces have driven Taliban back and retaken the center of Kunduz city after the militants took over the city for a few hours, officials said Tuesday. “Afghan forces recaptured the center of city back from Taliban during last night operations,” defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri …