Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A policeman opened fire on his colleagues in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, killing six of them, official said on Monday. A local official said on condition of anonymity that a policeman gunned down his six colleagues in Naqilo village late Sunday night. According to Afghan …
Read More »Balkh police accuse officials, lawmakers of protecting drug traffickers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Police Chief of northern Balkh province alleged that a number of high ranking government officials and members of the Wolesi Jirga are protecting drug traffickers. Sayed Kamal Sadat did not mention names of the officials, but said that a number of high ranking officials and lawmakers are …
Read More »Karzai denounces Kabul blast
AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced Monday’s attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed five and injured 17, most of them civilians. Hamid Karzai termed the perpetrators of the attack as enemies of peace and stability in Afghanistan. He said that the attacks were in negation to the teachings …
Read More »Pakistan serves as safe haven for terrorists: Abdullah
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah, said that Pakistan is reluctant to destroy sanctuaries of terrorists on its soil and support the Afghan government honestly in the fight against insurgency. He said that most of the recent terror attacks carried out against Afghan people in the past …
Read More »5 Pakistani IS fighters arrested: NDS
AT-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detained five Pakistani members of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. A press statement issued by the NDS said that the five IS fighters were involved in subversive activities in eastern Nangarhar province. It said that the arrested Pakistani IS fighters …
Read More »MoE staff donate blood
AT-KABUL: Officials and employees of the Ministry of Education (MoE) on Monday donated blood to those who were injured in the recent spate of violence in the capital city. Minister of Education, Asadullah Hanif Balkhi, along with tens of employees, teachers and students went to a hospital in Kabul City …
Read More »Five killed, 16 wounded in Kabul suicide blast
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least five civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in a suicide attack in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, said officials. Kabul Police’s spokesman Ebadullah Karimi said that a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car in front of the Hamid Karzai International …
Read More »Untangling the skein of terror-surge
Left to its own devices, Afghanistan’s internal security network needs an impregnable security overhauls particularly given the horrific terror blasts the other day, and the ongoing terror activities across the country. The deadliest attack on the military installation in Shah Shaheed, and the Taliban’s assault on the Parliament a few …
Read More »115 militants killed in nationwide military ops’
AT-KABUL: As many as 115 militants have been killed in military offensives launched by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Air Force (AAF) over the past 48 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement issued here on Sunday said that the operations and airstrikes were conducted in …
Read More »Peace talks with murderers of Afghans not acceptable: AIHRC
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) denounced the recent terrorist attacks in the strongest possible terms and said that the attacks were in sharp contrast with the Islamic instructions. The remarks come at a time that three terrorist attacks in Kabul on Friday led to killing of …
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