AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Torrential rains wreaked havoc in eastern parts of the country as flash floods destroy scores of homes and crops standing on hundreds of acres of agricultural land in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Provincial director of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) in Kunar told a local …
Read More »Afghan peace process: EU calls on regional countries for support
AT-KABUL: Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday urged Afghanistan’s neighbors and other regional countries to support the Afghan-led peace process. Welcoming the recent efforts of the Afghan leadership to bring back stability and peace to the country, the council in its meeting which held in Brussels, emphasized on …
Read More »Fight against ISIS should be led by Afghan forces: Lawmakers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Wolesi Jirga members and experts said that fight against the ISIS, also known as Daesh, should be led by Afghan security forces. They said that if the United States and international forces want to conduct a joint war against ISIS in Afghanistan, then the …
Read More »NDS foils rocket attack in Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered and confiscated two BM1 missiles in PD8 in Kabul city over the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, a statement by the spy agency said on Monday. The statement said that this was a major achievement as the find has prevented a major attack …
Read More »Traffic accident in Salang Highway leaves one dead
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one person was killed and three others wounded following a traffic accident in Salang Highway (Salang Pass), said official on Monday. Head of Traffic Department in Parwan, Mehrabuddin Parwani, said the incident took place on Monday morning when an oil tanker collided with a truck …
Read More »“One million IDPs live in Afghanistan”
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one million Afghans have been internally displaced as a result of conflict, natural disasters and severe poverty over past few years, officials in a Norwegian refugee council said Monday. Danielle Moylan said the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living miserable life in Afghanistan and that …
Read More »‘Lack of female campaigners hinders anti-polio campaign in Nangarhar’
By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Though atni-polio campaign is underway in eastern Nangarhar province in full swing, residents of the province terms lack of female campaigners as an obstacle before implementation of home to home campaign. They said that female campaigners can play an effective role in raising public awareness regarding the …
Read More »Islamic State could trip up US plans to leave Afghanistan
The emergence of militants in Afghanistan claiming allegiance to Islamic State could disrupt White House plans to remove the remaining U.S. troops in that country by the end of next year. Islamic State has provided new ammunition to Pentagon and Afghan officials seeking to persuade the White House to reverse …
Read More »Coalition forces’ airstrike targets ANA check post in Logar, kills 9 troops
MoD kicks off probe into the incident By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The coalition forces’ choppers have targeted Afghan National Army’s (ANA) check-post in southeastern Logar province on Monday morning, killing at least 10 soldiers. Logar police chief, Daud Ahmadi, told Afghanistan Times that the collation troops’ air forces targeted the ANA …
Read More »Explosion hits Turkish town near Syrian border
At least ten people killed in town of Suruc after what one Kurdish source says was a suicide bombing. At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion at a cultural centre in the southeastern town of Suruc near Turkey’s border with Syria. Al Jazeera sources said Monday’s blast …
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