Afghanistan Times

By Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta: These days, just turn over pages of newspapers or give your ears and eyes to analysts on TVs and radios, you will come across a frequently-used word. This frequently used word is, “proxy war”. Many take advantages of the use of this word, both overt and …

Why things in the Af-Pak remain untidy? Why our region has been hit by troubles? Is it the will of God? Or the game of devils? Or the lack of political will and irony in our words and actions? Perhaps, political elites, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been mastered …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 729 people were arrested on charges of drugs trafficking. General Prosecution Director for CJTF, Yar Mohammad Husainkhil told newsmen that 712 drugs-related cases had been registered and where 729 smugglers were nabbed. He also said that 18 public workers including …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A suicide bomber was arrested by Afghan National Security Forces before reaching the target in Helmand province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Sediq Sediqi said that the suicide bomber was held in Nad Ali district of the province while he was trying to carry out suicide …

“Russia concerned over IS emergence in Afghanistan, says nascent peace in Afghanistan should be protected” AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: UNAMA head, Nicholas Haysom while briefing the United Nations Security Council regarding the current situation in Afghanistan, said that phenomenal development in peace process has reinvigorate hope and the ongoing conflict …

AT-KABUL: The 21st steering committee meeting of Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is going to be held on 19th March, 2015 in Kabul, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Shekib Mustaghni, spokesman for the MoFA, told media-men on Tuesday that concerned ministers of the four countries and other stakeholders …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Civil society activists urged the International Court of Justice (ICG) to prosecute the former Pakistani military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, for his support to militant groups in Afghanistan. Musharraf in an interview with the Guardian recently confessed that when he was in power, Pakistan supported terrorist groups …

AT-KABUL: At least 19 Taliban militants have been killed and another wounded a countrywide operations launched by Afghan forces over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) In a press release issued on Tuesday said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and …

As foreign troops have already started drawdown, its implications on Afghan economy have started showing signs. As a first sign there was a sharp decline in foreign donations. And now as a second symptom of the crisis, housing market in the country has started declining. Given the pace of government’s …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: On the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ashraf Ghani is likely to pay his first visit to India in April, said reports on Monday. India’s New Indian Express reported that Narendra Modi had invited Ghani to India on the sidelines of SAARC summit …