Afghanistan Times

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 …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Police said Tuesday that expats including foreign journalists can demand security services, if they think to face threats in the capital of Kabul. Chief of criminal investigations at Kabul police Feraidon Ubaidi told Afghanistan Times that for better security of the foreign citizens, Kabul police ordered …

AT-KABUL: An airfield constructed for the military choppers was opened in southern Ghazni province, officials said Tuesday. The small airfield for safe takeoffs and landing of military helicopters was inaugurated in Malistan district, said Public relation and Information Director for Civil Aviation Authority Qasim Rahimi. He said that the new …

AT-KABUL: 23 Taliban fighters were killed and 11 others were wounded in different operations within past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. Defense ministry said in statement said that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted joint operations against insurgents …

By Zafar Mehdi-What starts as intermittent exchange of fire can sometimes escalate to a full-blown war with far-reaching consequences. Over the past one week, these fears were ignited when estranged neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan resorted to brinkmanship, flexed their military muscle and fired artillery at the Torkham border, leading to …

Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that Afghan refugee camps within Pakistan turned into safe havens for terrorists after the country’s armed forces destroyed the militants’ infrastructure in tribal areas. In an interview with SAMAA TV, he said the issue of Afghan refugees has …