Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: A notorious Taliban commander has been killed in western Herat province, said local official. Herat Police Chief, Abdul Majid Rozi, told media that the police killed an important Taliban commander on Saturday during a military operation. The militant commander was identified as Wazir. He stressed that the Taliban commander …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Football Federation said on Saturday that the Kabul futsal championship has been kicked-off where at least 160 teams are participating. Chief of the Futsal Committee, Deen Mohammad Safi, told Afghanistan Times that the tournament is held to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. All of the teams are …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Hundreds of Taliban militants have stormed security check-posts in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, official sources said. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Attaullah Khogyani, said the other day that police posts on the Kabul-Bamyan Highway in the district came under the militants attack on Thursday morning. …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rejected the recent report of Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Defense Department, on increase in Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) casualties. The deputy spokesman to the ministry, Dawlat Waziri, told media that the recent report of Pentagon shows 59 percent increase in Afghan …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-Popular as teeth cleaning twig among non-Muslims, use of maswak is very common in the Islamic countries. Believers use maswak to follow the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as they know that it is not just a twig but has some …

AT-KABUL: Police has arrested two kidnapers in Farah province. Chief of the anti-crimes cell at the provincial police headquarters, Najibullah Omar, said the other day that the kidnappers were involved in kidnapping of Haji Gul, a civilian. The kidnapped person, who was a resident of Zabul province, was freed by …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Daud Shah Saba, has inaugurated construction work on a gas pipeline project that would power Balkh industries. The 95km long pipeline will stretch from Jawzjan to Balkh province. After inaugurating the project the other day, Daud Shah Saba said that electricity would …

“Eighty percent women do not observe birth spacing in Afghanistan,”— Dr. Hamida By Akhtar M. Nikzad-In Afghanistan, people mostly want to have several children. Some link this mindset to religion and some to traditions. Therefore, women are impelled to respect the rule and inevitably deliver several babies without observing birth …

AT News Report-KABUL: A commander of Jundullah militant group has been killed in northern Baghlan province, said a local official. Abdul Jabar Islami, the chief of Borka district of the province, said that police killed the commander of Jundullah, Qari Ruhullah, in retaliation for an attack on local police checkpoints …

AT-KABUL: In a fresh case of honor killing, a young boy and a girl were shot dead by their relatives in northern Baghlan province. According to an official source in the province, a 15-year old girl run away with a 17-year old boy to get married around 10 days ago. …