Afghanistan Times

KABUL:  Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf. Just 10 days after he was freed not by Afghan or NATO soldiers, but by the …

Commandos enter Radisson Blu Hotel with hostage situation under way in the capital Bamako. Special forces stormed a five-star hotel in the capital Bamako after gunmen attacked on Friday and took 170 people hostage. “Right now there is action by Malian forces … in order to solve this crisis,” France’s …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a special operation has detained a five member terrorist group in northern Baghlan province, the agency said on Thursday. The group was involved in destructive activities under the command of Ziaulhaq in Chardara district of northern Kunduz province. In a media statement, …

By Farhad Naibekhel-KABUL: Following the national employment program recently announced by President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani to create jobs, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) has launched the first phase of maintenance program to provide 210,000 people with employment in 12 provinces. Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad …

Those at the power corridor had assured public time to time that they would fight corruption. However, the pledges are no more of value for the nation because there is no considerable change on the ground that they could count or give credit to the government for. The issue is …

AT-KABUL: A coordinated attack on the Arghandab district headquarters in southern Kandahar province ended after nearly one hour of fighting, in which five suicide bombers and a soldier were killed and six more were injured, provincial officials said. The attack was launched at 7:00am when a suicide bomber blew his …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have a major training center in Kohestanat district of Sar-e-Pul province, said a number of lawmakers from the province. Aziza Jalees, an MP from Sar-e-Pul, told the plenary session of Wolesi Jirga that the militants have a training center in the district, where foreign …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 28 schools still remain closed in the southeastern Paktia province due to different reasons, said local officials. The provincial education director, Loqman Hakim Hakimi, told Radio Azadi that due to security threats and several other problems around 28 schools still remain closed in the province. …

AT-KABUL: The Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar and Karzai led the Indian and Afghan delegations in the foreign office consultations in New Delhi. The two sides commended friendly relations between the two countries and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (ASA) said that regional hostilities and inconclusive policies of the government had prevented the country from playing effective role in the regional organizations. The academy on Wednesday said that poor diplomacy and political rivalries in the region resulted that the …