Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: A group of angry people in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood in the western part of Kabul city beat two men and a woman over alleged adultery, setting their car on fire, police said Sunday. The incident took place in the main road of Dasht-e-Barchi area where local residents claimed that …

AT-KABUL: At least 31 insurgents loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh were killed and two others received injuries in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said Sunday. In a press statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense said that Daesh fighters were killed in Achin and Kot districts of …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: China military aid including explosive scanners for Kabul gates was formally handed over to the Ministry of Interior on Sunday, officials said. The military aid comprised of 400 security instruments and scanners using for discovery and neutralization of explosive devices. Interior Minister and China Ambassador to Kabul …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday met with British Prime Minster, David Cameron at the sideline of Warsaw Summit. They discussed different issues including fight against terrorism, extension of military cooperation for the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces and as well as Afghan-lead peace …

Every year during the two Eid holidays, hundreds of men, women and children from all over Afghanistan line up outside Hamid Karzai’s house, hoping to meet the former Afghan president. For those six days on the Islamic calendar, Karzai is the embodiment of the elder statesman — the first modern …

AT-KABUL:  Two civilians died and two others were wounded Saturday after a gas cylinder went off inside a shop in Kabul city, police said. “At 2:00pm, a gas balloon exploded inside a shop in the Qowa-e-Markaz neighborhood Police District 2 of Kabul city in which two civilians died and two …

AT Monitoring Desk-We, the Heads of State and Government of the nations contributing to the Resolute Support mission, and the President and Chief Executive of the National Unity Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, met today in Warsaw1 to reaffirm our mutual commitment to ensure long-term security and stability …

AT-KABUL: An Afghan expert on Saturday slammed protests by Pakistanis against Mahmoud Khan Achakzai’s recent remarks regarding Pakhtunkhwa, saying that Pakistan has no right to forcefully change Afghan nationality through occupation. According to reports, Pakistan Muslim League-Q’s senior leader and former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and other Pak-loyalty …

AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga of parliament on Saturday expressed deep concerns over the Daesh militants’ threats in Nangarhar, Kunar and Nooristan provinces, calling on the security officials to chalk out necessary plans for rooting out of the militants. Lawmakers claimed that Daesh was a great security threat in the eastern …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The number of Local Police casualties fell this year by 40 percent, Ministry of Interior said on Saturday. “Although war was not decreased, but the local police casualties declined in the past four months of current year, said an interior ministry official Salem Ehsas. “The casualties of …