Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: Kunduz governor urged the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to conduct large-scale military operation against the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in the province. Muhammad Omar Safi talking to Azadi Radio on Tuesday confirmed the presence of ISIS fighters in some districts of the province and said …
Read More »Rescue operation kicked off to save abducted passengers in Zabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces have launched a rescue operation in southern Zabul province on Monday night to free the 30 passengers (ethnically Hazaras) who were abducted by unknown armed men more than one week back, said reports on Tuesday. TOLO News quoted a number of sources as saying that …
Read More »5 NGO staffers kidnapped
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least five workers of ‘Save the Children’, a non-governmental organization (NGO) were kidnapped by unknown armed men in southern Uruzgan province, said official on Tuesday. Pajhwok Afghan News Agency quoted Police chief of Trinkot city’s first district, Gul Agha, as saying that the NGO works were …
Read More »Peace talks should not be at cost of abandoning Kabul’s foreign policy to Pakistan: Sinha
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In the aftermath of Kabul’s struggles to bring the Taliban to the table of negotiations with the help of Pakistan, and improvement in Kabul-Islamabad ties, the Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Amar Sinha, said the other day that peace negotiations should not result in abandoning the control of …
Read More »Tajikistan ready to extradite Afghan prisoners: MoFA
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Tuesday said that based on the extradition treaty signed in 2006, Tajikistan would transfer the Afghan inmates to Kabul soon. Spokesman of the ministry, Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni, told media persons that Afghan delegation has finalized the process of identifying Afghan prisoners and …
Read More »Civil society collects aid for avalanches-hit areas
AT-KABUL: The civil society, aggregate of nongovernmental organizations, has launched relief aid collection campaign to help the avalanches affected people in the country. The one-week campaign was launched on Tuesday in the capital city of Afghanistan where seven camps were set up. Through the camps the civil rights activists would …
Read More »Nine insurgents killed in nationwide crackdowns
AT-KABUL: At least nine armed militants were killed and eight others sustained injuries in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of interior (MoI) claimed that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …
Read More »Regular coffee drinkers have ‘cleaner’ arteries
Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries – a known risk factor for heart disease – Korean researchers believe. They studied more than 25,000 male and female employees who underwent routine health checks at their workplace. Employees who drank a moderate amount of …
Read More »Boris Nemtsov death: Mourners to pay respects in Moscow
The funeral is due to be held of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in Moscow. The service at Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery will follow a public ceremony at the Andrei Sakharov rights centre. Mr Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed on Great Moskvoretsky …
Read More »Obama: Iran should halt nuclear work for decade
President Barack Obama has said Iran should agree to at least a decade-long freeze on its nuclear activity if a landmark deal is to be finally reached. In an interview with Reuters, Mr Obama also said the odds were still against such an agreement happening. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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