Afghanistan Times

“The non-violent soldier of Islam died 28 years ago, but the terrorists continue to attack his legacy” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A group of militants stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkha on Wednesday morning and opened fire on students and faculty members. At least 21 people were …

Taliban gunmen attacked a university in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday morning, killing 20 people and injuring at least 60 others, and are still on the rampage, according to police and people still trapped in the varsity premises. Shaukat Yousafzai, a minister in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhaw provincial government, told media the death …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Obama administration on Tuesday commended Australia’s support to stay beside the United States in its mission in Afghanistan to train and advice Afghan security forces. US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had shed lights on the need of close cooperation …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Special Advisor to the Pakistani premier on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, Sartaj Aziz, has said that policy of non-interference in the matter of other countries would help to improve relations with Kabul and New Delhi. Addressing his country’s National Assembly, he said that Pakistan government had taken …

Nawaz Sharif’s Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan’s policy of non-interference in the affairs of other countries has played key role in improvement ties with Afghanistan and India. However, the facts suggest something else, much more different than what Sartaj Aziz sketched. The fact is that Islamabad is …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran, Mojtaba Damirchilu, during a press-conference in Astana said that Kazakhstan could use Iranian territory for the export of products to Afghanistan and other countries bordering Iran. “If we talk about relations between Kazakhstan and Iran in the future, we can highlight …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As long as there is no stability in Afghanistan, insecurity and instability would continue haunting the South Asian region, a senior Pakhtun nationalist leader said. Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said that peace is impossible in the region without ensuring stability …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The government will address all challenges including insecurity and corruption that the national traders are facing, chief executive Abdullah Abdullah pledged Tuesday. “The national unity government will step up efforts to address all challenges,” he assured the businessmen. “Although the security forces were engaged in fight against …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Lower House and Upper House of parliament on Tuesday appreciated former intelligence director Rahmatullah Nabil for his efforts in security improvement during his tenure. Lower House speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said that Nabil fulfilled his job truthfully in tough and critical condition. “Legislators are proud …

Some Afghans are skeptical about an initiative intended to convince fighters to lay down their arms KABUL: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council has come in for some tough criticism in Kunduz, where militants briefly captured the provincial capital last year. The Council was set up five years ago to handle attempts …