Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russian ambassador in a meeting with the second deputy to the chief executive officer of Afghanistan said that Moscow is eager to sign a security agreement with Kabul. The Russian ambassador in Kabul, Alexander Mantytskiy, called on Mohammad Mohaqiq and briefed the latter on the assistance provided …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Separately, two Taliban commanders, Qari Abdul Khabir, and Qari Eidi Mohammad along with their men joined the government initiated peace process in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Monday. “The two groups were involved in anti-state activities however they handed over their ammunitions to the government,” officials …

KABUL: The Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), a charity organization, donated around $80,000 for launching training programs in Kabul Orphanage Department (KOD). Vocational and technical programs would cover about 300 orphans in Tahia Maskan and Alawdin orphanage centers. The agreement was signed by the program coordinator of IRW, Mir Afzal Sadat, …

The retrial of two Al Jazeera English journalists over alleged links to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is set to resume in Cairo. The Court of Cassation ordered the retrial of Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed after overturning a lower court’s verdict which found them guilty of aiding the outlawed group. …

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that his government will tighten immigration laws and crack down on groups that incite hatred under a raft of counterterrorism measures introduced in a bid to combat the threat from “home-grown terrorists”. The measures announced on Monday would revoke or suspend Australian citizenship …

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said that the need for a joint Arab military force is growing every day as the region faces the escalating threat of armed factions. Sisi also said on Sunday in a recorded address aired by state television that Egypt’s military has no interest in …

Bacha Khan didn’t achieved the political stature equivalent to that of Nelson Mandela because his land and nation remained the least developed All benefited from Afghan war except Afghans themselves: Karzai The govt is making all out efforts to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Peace does not mean compromise …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials in the Central Bank said Sunday that those behind allegedly robbing of Afs76 million from a branch of the state bank in southern Kandahar province have been identified, and would be arrested in near future. Azadi Radio quoted the second deputy chief of Da Afghanistan Bank, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In the series of the security forces large-scale military operation codenamed Zulfiqar Operation, the Afghan troops have extended the operation to Khanshin district to clear the area of militants and maintain law-and-order there, said officials on Sunday. The deputy of Helmand police chief, Pacha Gul Bakhtiyar, told …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 216 alleged criminals have been arrested in eastern Nangarhar province in past 11 months, said official on Sunday. Nangarhar police chief told a news conference in Jalalabad that they have documented 167 criminal incidents in which 216 alleged criminals have been arrested in past …