Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: At least 10 Taliban insurgents were killed and 32 other injured in an operation launched by the security forces in the north-eastern province of Badakhshan, officials said Saturday. “The operation was launched in Tagab district,” said Naveed Ferotan, provincial spokesman. “Two Taliban commanders Qari Abdul Baset resident of Badakhshan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four passengers were killed and three others wounded after a passenger bus collided with a van in southern Kandahar province, officials Saturday. Kandahar governor spokesman Samim Khpalwak said the incident took place in Maiwand district. “Police immediately shifted the injured to the nearby hospital,” Khpalwak …

AT-KABUL: Tens of the people freed from Guantanamo jail along with the families of the detainees and the Afghanistan Anti War Organization (AAWO) staged demonstrated in front of the US embassy on Saturday to protest the continuation of the Gitmo prison, demanding the closure of it. They carried banners read …

AT-KABUL: Chairman of the US military joint chiefs of staff General Joseph Dunford noted the other day that the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies were fully committed to reiterate their consistent support to the Afghan National and Defense Security Forces (ANDSF). Dunford who attended Friday’s Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) …

KABUL: The Central Passport Department operating within the framework of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), has received new passport printers, purchased by NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission. The purchase of the new printers comes as the number of applicants acquiring passports has been on the rise with the Central Passport …

In an environment where economic growth is modest, India today stands as a bright spot among the global economies. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its report has projected India’s growth for 2015 at 7.3%, and rising to 7.5% in 2016. In its report dated 12th November 2015, the IMF said that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Washington has called on Kabul and Islamabad to work together and put their utmost efforts in a bid to overcome challenges posed by the Taliban, the White House said a day after when four militants stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaving 21 …

A LIVE music performance offering a glimpse of Afghanistan beyond the news headlines will kick off Newcastle Civic Theatre’s 2016 season. Songwriter and diplomat Fred Smith, who did two tours to southern Afghanistan in 2010 and 2013, will present Dust of Uruzgan – a collection of songs written from his experiences in the Uruzgan …

AT-KABUL:  The Taliban group in a statement on Friday said that they would send representatives to attend Pugwash Conference scheduled to be held on Saturday (today) in Doha to show their stands on different issues including security situation in Afghanistan. Paugwash is a Nobel peace prize-winning science group, focusing to …

AT-KABUL: Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reiterated their consistent support to the Afghan National and Defense Security Forces (ANDSF). The 28 ministers announced the decision in a Brussels meeting the other day. During the Resolute Support Session, the NATO chiefs of defense reviewed ongoing challenges and …