Afghanistan Times

WASHINGTON : Casualties among Afghan security forces soared 28 percent in 2015 as soldiers and police there fought a revitalized Taliban insurgency. In all, about 16,000 members of Afghanistan’s army and police forces were killed or wounded during fighting, according to figures released Monday. That was up from about 12,500 …

AT-KABUL: A policeman was injured on Tuesday in bomb blast in Jalalabad city, capital of the eastern Nangarhar province. The blast which was of low intensity took place near the Pakistani consulate. The consulates of Iran and India are not too far from the blast’s site. According to sources, an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the last night attack on the Indian Consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. According to a media statement issued by the India’s premier office, President Ghani also condemned the terrorist …

AT-KABUL: At least 29 people were injured in two suicide attacks on Monday in the capital city, Kabul. The first suicide attack took place near the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Fortunately, no casualty was reported. Chief of the 101st Asmayee security zone, Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, told media that …

There has been much hullabaloo over the upcoming quadrilateral meeting in Islamabad in mid-January. It is believed that Afghanistan, US, China and Pakistan would discuss ways to device new peace mechanism. After the mechanism is drafted, the Taliban will be asked to join the reconciliation process. According to Afghan and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have made major geopolitical progress in Afghanistan during last year, said the former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the premier spy agency of the United States. Michael Morell predicted that Afghanistan would re-emerge as a pivotal foreign policy issue during the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers who were abducted on Kabul-Kandahar highway a week ago found dead in Ghazni, police said. Ghazni deputy police chief, Asadullah Shujai, said that the dead bodies of soldiers were found in Dashti-e-Asfandi area and were later shifted to the civil hospital …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has showed willingness to peace talks to end the prolonged conflict in the country, but urges peace talks should be held inside Afghanistan. Dr. Ghairat Baheer who heads HIA’s political commission, has told Pakistani media that no group should …

By David Cameron-This year’s four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who – to borrow from his own description of …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Telecommunication Minister Abdul Raziq Wahidi assured parliamentarians that the ISIS broadcaster’s activity has been stopped. The parliament summoned Monday minister Wahidi for an interpellation over the people’s concerns about the ISIS radio, which has reportedly broadcasts in the eastern region. The broadcaster called Radio Caliphate is …