Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials in western Ghor province said Saturday that insurgents have suffered heavy losses in Charsada district clashes with security forces in past six days. Acting governor of Ghor, Sayid Anwar Rahmati, said Charsada is no more under the control of the Taliban militants.  “More than a hundred …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have took control of a police training center in Dand-i-Ghori district of southern Baghlan, said official on Saturday. Member of Baghlan provincial council, Firozuddin Aimaq, told newsmen that militants have surrounded the area for the past three days and captured the police training center …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) in collaboration with a number of private publication centers observed the “Book Week” by holding a book fair in the capital city. In the exhibition 14 private publication houses have displayed around 20,000 books at Babur Shah Center on Saturday. …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Saturday alleged that foreigners were helping insurgents in the country. A heated debate took place in today’s session over insecurity, ambiguous foreign policy and interference of foreign countries. Abdul Rahman Rahmani said the United States policy towards Afghanistan is not …

AT-KABUL: At least 138 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 83 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of Security …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday seized ammunition cache in Logar Province. In a media statement issued here, the country’s premier intelligence agency said that two suicide vests, two rocket-propelled grenades, two PK guns, two mortars, three machine guns and bullets in large quantity were seized by …

KABUL: Seven security officials, 120 rebels have been killed and 30 more wounded in severe clashes in the Charsada and Pasaband districts of western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Governor Syed Anwar Rahmati said Taliban were planning to control the two strategic districts in order to have access …

KABUL: Taliban gunmen have kidnapped dozens of passengers in Sayed Karam district of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday morning, local officials and residents said. The residents said gunmen have taken passengers with them in Badam Kanda locality of the district around 6:00am. Mohammad-ur-Rahman Qaderi, provincial council secretary, said hundreds of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of people, in parts of Charikar city of central Parwan province, declared Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive of the National Unity Government as the president of Afghanistan. According to Afghan Pajhwok News, residents of Pul-i-Lashmak area of Charikar, the capital city of Parwan, have installed …

AT-KABUL: The Cultural Advisor to the ex-President Hamid Karzai, Zalmai Hewadmal, and the Advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education, Muhammad Qasem Jamdar, called on the acting Chancellor of Nangarhar University, Muhammad Tahir Inayat, at his office the other day. Inayat briefed the two guests about the gains the university …