Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A senior Afghan official asked Pakistani government to either pressure Taliban for the peace talks or close their facilities and bases in the Pakistan soil. “We expect Pakistan to sit Taliban down with us. Otherwise, Islamabad should close the infrastructures of the group based in Pakistan, because …

AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters fired “several” rockets at the parliament’s new building Monday morning, where top Afghan security officials were answering questions raised by the lawmakers regarding the mounting insecurity, security sources told Afghanistan Times. “Four rockets have been fired at the new parliament building located in southwestern part of Kabul …

AT-KABUL: The representatives of the youth from Logar, Paktia, Paktika and Khost provinces accused the government of being negligent for unemployment, warning that joblessness and nepotism would create immense challenges for the educated jobless youth. The Youth Civil Society from these provinces claimed Sunday that the government has not any …

AT-KABUL: At least 46 Taliban insurgents were killed and 15 others wounded in the joint clearing operations launched by the national security forces in different parts of the country, defense ministry said Sunday. The ministry said in a statement that the “Afghan National Army in collaboration with the National Directorate …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chief, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao asked Kabul and Islamabad to overwhelm bilateral distrust and join hands to combat terrorism. He said that development of the region was linked to peace and stability. At a reception in Peshawar, he warned that Afghanistan and …

Winning hearts and minds is not a child’s play. It is even more difficult when one represents a country which is known for war and violence engineered and played by foreigners. Lack of resources and opportunities has made this journey even harder. However, the Afghan men’s national cricket team is …

Minnows Afghanistan today scripted history as they defeated 2012 champions West Indies by 6 runs in their final group league encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 here to sign off on a memorable note. West Indies failed to surpass a target of 124 as the Associate nation were able to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Russian President’s envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov has said that the Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh, is expanding its military activity in Afghanistan with an estimated number of 10,000 fighters. “The IS activity has grown significantly in Afghanistan since summer 2014. The group numerical …

AT-KABUL: Amid growing concerns about critical status of Afghan asylum seekers and their forcible deportation from European countries, the Lower House of the parliament announced Saturday that it would interpellate foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani. Lawmakers in their plenary session summoned Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, minister of refugees and repatriation and …

AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force on Saturday said that 41 drug runners had been arrested through different operations launched by the counter-narcotics police last month. The Task Force said in a statement that the traffickers were arrested in Kabul, Farah, Paktia, Nangarhar, Takhar, Samangan, Khost, Badakhshan, Baghlan, …