Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Russian Embassy in Kabul has launched scholarship program for staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Russian Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy said that it is the first time Russia has launched such program in recent history of Afghan-Russia relations. Russian Embassy in Kabul held a …

AT-KABUL: Germany is mulling to expand the presence of its troops in Afghanistan, bringing the total number from 850 to 980 by next year, said the German politicians Thursday. The German politicians said that the government is willing to deploy more troops to Afghanistan as the security situation deteriorates in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The International Criminal Court (ICC) said that it had evidence suggesting that the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan have abused detainees. The ICC said the other day that inmates in the war-hit Afghanistan were subjected to psychological and physical abuse. According to Reuters, an international news agency, …

It is time to transfer power from the President and CEO to a new leader, says Abdul Rahman Rahmani Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Mawlawi Abdul Rahman Rahmani, a member of the Wolesi Jirga, said that the government should convene the traditional Loya Jirga to address the current security, economic and political …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban splinter group’s commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was killed in a clash with rival group in southern Zabul province. Spokesman to the provincial governor Noor Islam Seyal said that after a clash between the Taliban rival groups, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was killed in Khak-e-Afghan district of Zabul province …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday claimed the arrest of a Daesh and three Taliban fighters in northern Takhar and Kunduz provinces. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that its operatives succeeded in arresting one Daesh and three Taliban militants in separate operations …

As the Taliban and other terror groups are creeping into urban and residential areas, putting civilians’ lives at greater risk, casualties are soaring steadily. There has been a security deterioration never seen before. The government cannot sit idly. It cannot adopt the wait and see policy as things gone messed …

There is a tsunami of troubles and issues. One issue is not resolved that yet another issue emerges. At times they challenge our collective stamina as a nation. What did happen to the Shiite passengers in Zabul province at the hands of ISIS is the extreme of brutalities. The brutes …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants kidnapped 12 civilians in Sayed Karam district of the southeastern Paktia province, said a local official. Niaz Muhammad Khalil, Sayed Karam district chief, told Azadi Radio that the civilians were on their way to Gardiz, the capital city of the province, when they were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: To bring durable peace to the region, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) stresses on Pakistan’s sincere cooperation in war against terrorism. It said that Pakistan should destroy sanctuaries of militants in its soil. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the MoD, told Radio Azadi that the entire world knows …