Afghanistan Times

Afghanistan are attempting to have more One-Day International (ODI) cricket fixtures leading into September 2017 cut-off for 2019 World Cup qualification by proposing annual bilateral games against India and teams touring the country starting from next year. “If we sign the MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) which we sent to India, …

Former President Hamid Karzai visited Wednesday the family of late General Sayed Hussain Anwari to pay tribute and condolences to his relatives. Karzai said late Anwari was a “prominent and influential jihadi and political figure” and his death was like a tragedy for his followers. Separately, Karzai met with a …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of parliament on Wednesday interpellated Delbar Nazari, Minister of Women Affairs on her week management, misusing authorities and nepotism in the ministry. A number of lawmakers claimed that she had weak management and engaged her family members in the important …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel on Wednesday busted Taliban-linked terrorist network in eastern Nangarhar province, NDS said in a media statement. The NDS operatives captured a group of four Taliban militants and busted their terrorist network in an operation carried in Ghani Khil district of the province, …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Wednesday said that nine drug runners were arrested in different provinces of the country. Counter Narcotics Police apprehended these traffickers in an operation carried in Kabul, Herat and Baghlan provinces in the past one week, CJTF said in a statement. After investigation the …

Whenever someone talks about Afghanistan whether it is about security, economy or other issues, the name of its neighbor, Pakistan that plays key role in almost all sectors come without any pause. But most of time, it comes in form of bad neighbors that spare no stone unturned to destabilize …

AT-KABUL: The ‘Voice of Caliphate’ radio station of the Islamic State (IS) which is also known as Daesh, was destroyed in a drone strike Wednesday in the eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. This is the second Daesh channel destroyed in a drone strike in the Mohmand Dara area of Achin …

AT-KABUL: At least twenty one Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded in different crackdowns of the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …

AT-KABUL: At least 13 Taliban insurgents including four foreign militants were killed in anti-terrorism operation in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said on Wednesday. “These militants, including four Pakistani were killed and 14 others wounded in an air and ground operations conducted by Afghan security forces in Sangianai and Seraghonda …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday said that the US troops would continue support Afghan forces in anti-terrorism war and would finish the mission has been started. “We will continue to work hard together with Afghan forces to …