Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Despite fierce fighting in other parts of the country, official in northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday said that security situation in eight districts of the province is under control and all highways are open for the public. Speaking to residents on his administration’s six-month performance, provincial governor …

AT-KABUL: Eighty-two Taliban fighters were killed and 64 others were wounded in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. In a press release, Ministry of Defense said the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security, conducted operations against …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Since the northern district of Dahana-e-Ghori fell to the Taliban insurgents, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) expressed preparations to retake control of the lost district, provincial officials said on Tuesday. The operation would be carried in Dahana-e-Ghori and Baghlan-e-Markazi district in near future, the …

Russian citizen Sergei Sevastyanov, released from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan on Saturday, has been sent home, the Russian Embassy in Islamabad said Tuesday. On August 4, the Mil Mi-17 helicopter crash-landed in Afghanistan when reportedly flying from Pakistan’s Peshawar to Uzbekistan’s city of Bukhara. Seven people on board, including air …

The move marks the largest single transfer of Guantanamo prisoners under Obama’s government. Fifteen Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the biggest such release for years. The Pentagon said on Monday that the transfer of 12 Yemenis and three Afghans brought the total number …

Our security policymakers who are mostly politicians with no experience of modern military tactics, are caught in difficult situation but yet they are unnerved. They are unnerved because media has no access to insecure parts of the country and cannot report on the ongoing wave of violence independently. Even if …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar warned against gaining foothold of the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh, if once the terrorist group found sanctuaries in Pakistan. Pakistan had earned bad name in the region as it was proved repeatedly that high profile …

AT-KABUL: At least three people were injured after a magnetic bomb attached to a vehicle went off Monday morning in capital Kabul, officials said. A magnetic bomb placed in a corolla vehicle exploded in the police district 9 in front of Kolb-e-Arman at around 9:30, wounding three people, said a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Businessmen from Afghanistan and Tajikistan will discuss trade opportunities in a round table in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan today (Tuesday) August 16, the Chamber of Commerce of Tajikistan said. The round table meet up aims at development of trade ties between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, AKIpress …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed two young girls along with another 27 Taliban insurgents in eastern Nooristan province, security officials said Monday. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense said that two young girls armed with suicide vests were killed with other 27 insurgents in an operation …