Afghanistan Times

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga (MJ) or Senate on Sunday lambasted the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders for their failure to overcome insecurity challenges. Expressing serious concerns over fall of Yamgan district of Badakhshan province to the Taliban, the senators said that due to rift between President Ashraf …

Deadline for the parliamentary election is fast approaching, but the government is yet to device a mechanism to counter the delay or come up with a better solution. The Wolesi Jirga members would complete their term this June.  At the end of this month, the Wolesi Jirga will lose its …

NEW DELHI: State-run SAIL-led consortium’s ambitious multi-billion dollar steel and power project in Afghanistan is believed to have hit a roadblock due to security as well as operational and economic feasibility concerns. While a top-ranking source in the Steel Ministry said that the project has been put in “cold storage”, …

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan and foreign Taliban fighters overwhelmed a remote district Saturday in northeastern Afghanistan in an area where the government’s influence has waned over the past two years, provincial officials said. Afghan security forces and the Taliban are locked in a battle for control over a remote district …

As insecurity has been deteriorating across the country, the responsibility of maintaining security and law and order don’t remain only confined to the ministry of interior and the ministry of defense. There is yet another ministry as well whose role could be countable given that it is not spineless. The …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced the US drone strike on a funeral in the southeastern Khost province. According to reports a drone strike on a funeral killed more than 30 civilians in Khost province. Hamid Karzai in a press statement issued by his office termed the drone strike as …

AT-KABUL: Roadside bomb blasts have killed 12 civilians in southern Kandahar and Urozgan provinces. Muhammad Nayab, the spokesman for Uruzgan governor office, told Afghanistan Times that at least six people of have been killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb struck a civilian vehicle in Dihrawood district of …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament, on Saturday urged the government to introduce reforms in electoral bodies and provide details about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security and Pakistan’s ISI. A number of lawmakers said they are not allowed to …

“As insecurity has been ravaging, ramping up security along border areas is a must, therefore the ministry believes enlisting tribal elders support will be an effective strategy” By Safiullah Amani KABUL: The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs (MoBTA) on Saturday said that it will hold jirgas—elders’ councils—in a number …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a group of four alleged suicide organizers detained in eastern Laghman province. The NDS said in a press statement that the spy agency personnel arrested the four alleged suicide organizers during an operation in Qarghaee district. The suspects named …