Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the Friday’s attack on the residence of an Afghan consulate official in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The consulate official, Humayun Yousafzai, escaped unhurt in the predawn gun assault on his house in Peshawar’s posh neighborhood of University Town. The perpetrators …

Thousands of Afghans left their country for the developed countries in search of better and secure future. The trend for asylum-seeking was introduced after the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Millions of Afghans left for Pakistan and Iran as first and easy destination and those who were well-off …

A new political party announced formation in the weekend. The party called ‘National Front of New Afghanistan’, led by former finance minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi, is said to be the opposition party aimed to change the government. The party is said to be a coalition of six political parties with …

VALDOSTA: One of two Afghan student airmen who went missing from Moody Air Force Base last month has been located, officials tell our Atlanta station, WXIA. Sources with Homeland Security confirm to WXIA’s Jon Shirek that the search is ongoing for the other missing man. No details were immediately available …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The acting governor of northern Balkh province said that the neighboring countries would enjoy peace if Afghanistan was stable, and those political players who are deceiving Afghans would fall in their own trap. Ata Mohammad Noor in an interview with Rohit E David said that Afghans are …

AT-KABUL: In the early hours of Friday, unknown armed-men attacked the house of Afghan diplomat in the University Town area of Peshawar city, said police officials in Peshawar. According to Peshawar’s Superintendent of Police, Kashif Khan, two armed men opened fire on the house of Consulate official Humayun Yousafzai around …

Since time immemorial, Afghanistan remained a battleground for the global and regional powers. Their objective was clear. They wanted to prove their might and knock out their rivals. From Alexander the Great to the current super power, all were and are focused on their own interests. No one is concerned …

At least one person killed in series of explosions in Indonesia’s capital, as gunfire rings out of central area. At least one policeman has been killed in a series of explosions in central Jakarta, Indonesian media reported, as gunfire rang out of the capital’s downtown area. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen, …

AT-KABUL:   Kandahar police prevented a major terrorist attack in the province, said Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday. Police in a special operation killed four and injured six of a terrorist group before they reached their intended, it said in a statement. The statement added the terrorists were using a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan envoy in Islamabad Janan Mosazai claimed Wednesday that majority of insurgents escaping military operations in Pakistan’s Orakzai and Mohmand agencies joined Islamic State (IS) also known domestically as Daesh Afghanistan. “About 60 to 70 per cent militants fleeing Pakistan during operations in Mohmand and Orakzai went …