Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: The Taliban’s shadow deputy government for Ghazni province was among 10 militants killed in a military operation in the province, said an official source. A press statement issued by the provincial police headquarters said that security forces launched an operation in Speen Band area of Aab Band district the …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) termed youth as the main victims of wars and conflicts in Afghanistan. While talking to a session on youth’s role in bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan, The Minister of Information and Culture, Abdul Bari Jahani, said that those fighting in the …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced recent suicide attack on Kabul Police Academy that led to killing of more than 25 cadets. Hamid Karzai termed the perpetrators of the heinous act as enemies of peace, stability and development in Afghanistan. He said that the attack was in sharp contrast to …

AT: KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called on insurgents to cease attacks in civilian populated areas. UNAMA termed last Friday (7th August) as the deadliest day for civilians in Afghanistan since the organization began systematically recording civilian casualties since 2009. Three attacks in Kabul the other …

In a new peace bid, help is sought of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, the chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) and the administrator of Madrassa Haqqaniya—a religious seminary considered to be a nursery of the Afghan Taliban. AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan requested the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) on Saturday to …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 people were killed and eight injured on Saturday in a deadly car bombing in Kunduz province. Spokesman to the provincial police chief, Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, said that a car bomb went off around 8:00 p.m. (local time) in Bandar-i-Shurab locality of Khanabad district. Most of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Traumatized by 12 years long imprisonment term, an inmate committed suicide in the Herat Central jail, source said on Saturday. Herat attorney general, Gul Ahmad Ramish, said that the inmate who hanged himself to death was hailing from Shindhand district of the province. According to the attorney …

AT-KABUL: Protesting the cross-Durand Line attacks, the governor of eastern Kunar province said that Pakistani paramilitary forces have once again resumed cross-line shelling and inflicted heavy casualties on civilians. Addressing a press conference, Wahidullah Kalimzai said that for the past five years Pakistani security forces have targeted civilians in Kunar. …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, has arrested seven militants in southern Kandahar province. In a media statement issued here on Saturday, the spy agency said that the seven members group was involved in anti-state activities. A notorious Taliban commander, identified as Hussain Shah alias Maulvi …

AT-KABUL: Aimed reports about increase in opiates production, police have seized 200 kilograms of opium and detained three smugglers in Takhar and Kunduz provinces, sources said on Saturday. Police chief of Kunduz, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh, said that police had arrested two drug traffickers and recovered 140 kilograms …