Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai praised free fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak for gaining the title of champion, Karzai’s office said Wednesday. Karzai admired Hotak’s recent game with Russian fighter, calling it a fantastic victory welcomed by every Afghan. Hotak offered information about his international competitions, saying that he had carried out …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday met with the families of victims of Torkham and Goshta district of Nangarhar province in presidential place, his office said. Ghani thanked the families who enrolled their sons in the security organs for defending of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty. He offered his …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the militant was killed along with four others in a drone strike in the restive northern Kunduz province, local officials said on Wednesday, identifying the commander as Gul Khan also known as Khanjar. Officials said that they were targeted in the vicinity of Imam Sahib …

AT-KABUL: Twenty-nine Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted joint operations against …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Hundreds of people came to the streets on Wednesday to protest against Pakistan’s aggression and cross-Durand Line attacks at the Torkham crossing. The protesters said that Afghans would never accept the Durand Line as permanent border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan’s intention to build a check post …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A solider gunned down four of his colleagues and wounded three others in the Jawand district of the western Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday, the latest of a series of insider attacks. “The insider attack took place in the Kotal Siah area on Tuesday,” Pajhwok …

India has promised full support for boosting Afghanistan’s defence capabilities to preserve its unity and territorial integrity. The Indian ambassador to the UN held out the assurance during a Security Council debate on Afghanistan on Tuesday night. Syed Akbaruddinwarned the security situation in Afghanistan, if not contained, would pose serious …

Several innocent people lost their lives on Monday and scores were injured when the militants unleashed a new wave of terrorism and bloodshed. As many as 23 people were killed in Kabul and Badakhshan. Forced by poverty to work in Afghanistan, twelve Nepali security guards were among the killed. They …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is concerned about forcibly deportation of Afghan refugees and expresses strongly its worry about lack of extension of refugee card by government of Pakistan. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in a meeting with Mohammad …

Sartaj Aziz’s suggestion to Afghan government to offer Taliban something they can’t gain on battlefield indicates something which has not been spoken by Pakistani officials during last fifteen years. Analysis By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has recently said Afghan government should offer something to the …