Afghanistan Times

There is enough room for improvement. Security apparatus needs to overhaul its approach in the areas lying on the fringes. Keeping security intact in just the center cannot guarantee victory.  Considering one part important over the other is the core issue. In some parts of the country security measures are …

AT-KABUL: Governors of Herat, Bamiyan, Parwan, Daikundi, Nimroz and Kapisa urged the central government to implement infrastructural projects, put end to mounting insecurity and improve education in the provinces. The governors on Saturday in a session in Kabul said that the central government nodded to some of their demands. However, …

“We will prove it to the world that Afghans are not terrorists, said Asfandyar Wali Khan.” AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that Afghans are united, will remain united and none can divide them. He added that Afghans and the Pashtuns living on the other side of the Durand Line were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries said that Afghanistan would receive the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) membership by the end of 2015. Spokesman for the ministry Musafir Quqandi said the membership would bolster business system in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, other officials of the ministry also voiced pleasure and said …

AT-KABUL: A 12-year old would-be suicide bomber surrendered to police in northern Faryab province. Faryab Police Chief, Sayed Agha Andarabi, told Afghanistan Times that Zakaria, 12, has saved his life and of many others by escaping the Taliban and surrendering to police in Chahar Shanbe Bazaar area of Qaisar district …

Locals face challenges; ask Kabul to take the issue with Dushanbe AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Tajikistan has closed her border for Badakhshan residents living near the border. This came after insecurity increased in northern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The residents living in Darwaz, Ishkashim and Maimay districts of Badakhshan province, which …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday claimed arrest of three terrorists and destroying a terrorist training center in southern Zabul province. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said that in a joint operation its operatives succeeded in nabbing three terrorists on Zabul-Kandahar highway. The detained …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have executed a former district chief in southern Uruzgon province, it has been reported. Reports said that the Taliban insurgents raided the house of the former chief of Khas Oruzgon district Juma Khan, and kidnapped him. He was taken to an unknown place. Spokesman …

AT-KABUL: A driver was killed and two others wounded in a suicide attack in Kart-e-Naw area of Kabul city on Saturday morning. Ministry of Interior (MoI) Public Affairs Department Deputy Najeeb Danish confirmed the blast. He said the suicide attacker was on foot and detonated his suicide vest in Shahrak-e-Telaie …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a suicide attack was thwarted in Kabul. The NDS in a media statement said that it has arrested two terrorists, including a would-be suicide bomber and a terror attacks planner, with a corolla vehicle full of explosives. The arrested …