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AT News Analysis-KABUL: The Taliban had issued a threat against 21 media organizations, including Afghanistan Times, on Friday, warning the outlets of dire consequences for not complying with the codes formulated by the insurgent group. In a statement, available on the Taliban’s website (http://alemara1.org/?p=45152), the group said that there has …

On Sunday evening a deadly blast in Lahore claimed lives of 72 innocent people and left 300 others injured. Death was dancing in Gulshan-i-Iqbal park of Lahore. As expected, the godless militants have been celebrating their evil act which had ruined 372 families. The terror attack was claimed by Jamaatul …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Abdul Hameed Mubariz, a writer, said that annexation of the Pakistan-controlled tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province is against the Durand Line agreement. Talking to daily Weesa on this issue, Mubariz said that a political campaign has begun in the KP province to annex the Federally …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that three motorcycles full of explosives were discovered and confiscated in the southern Helmand province. In a statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives managed to discover and seize the motorbikes full of explosives through an operation in …

Wolesi Jirga summons security officials for expansion of security AT-KABUL: Acting Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) blamed Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for supporting Taliban against the Afghan government. “The ISI is fully supporting Taliban insurgents with the aim to expand conflicts in different parts of our country,” …

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 …