Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that his country supports peace, security and cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He made the remarks in a joint press conference following a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad the other day. Zarif …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Though the security forces have made landmark progress in recent years, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) has said that still they need air support and state-of-the-art equipment in this field. The MoD spokesman, Dawlat Waziri, has said that the security forces have powerful morale and are in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An American general the other day acknowledged that though the Afghan security forces were fully responsible for the country’s security, they still need and deserve the support of US and coalition forces. US Army Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner from Afghanistan’s Resolute Support mission pointed out to the …

By M. Nadeem Alizai: Customs are changing continuously and with dramatic speed in Afghanistan. The changes are mostly negative. These negative changes are earning bad image for the nation. The changes have resulted in serious problems for the government as well. Violence against women and children is byproduct of these variations. Prominent …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifteen Taliban insurgents were killed in western Herat province during infighting over appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as new figurehead of the militant group. Security officials at the province confirmed the clash, saying the militants in Shindand district were divided into two rival groups; one opposing Mullah …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Four policemen were killed and six others were held hostage by the Taliban when the insurgents attacked a police check-post in Jawzjan province, official sources said on Friday. According to the deputy governor, Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi, the policemen came under attack when they gathered for biometric identification …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have kidnapped at least nine passengers on gunpoint from the volatile Ghazni province, official sources said on Friday. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Shafiq Nang, said the militants have abducted the passengers in Gaghori district on Thursday night when they were on their way to the provincial …

KABUL:  Amid the almost daily suicide attacks inflicted to them by the Taliban, some Afghan children continued to bring joy and comfort to their countrymen. To them, there is no other antidote to the despair and sense of helplessness than a few moments of laughter and joy. “Kabul children have …

KABUL: Visiting  Afghanistan-A, powered by Hashmat Shaheedi, routed their Sri Lankan rivals in a One-Day cricket match in Colombo, an official said on Friday. Farid Hotak, spokesman for the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB), said Sri Lankan won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 239 runs in the …

Nadeem Alizai-The prolonged miseries of Afghans yet to be addressed by the government as hundreds of patients due to lack of quality health facilities in hospitals go beyond frontiers for treatment despite heavy costs. Decades of war paralyzing health sector compelled patients to go to India, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan …