Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Huge ammunition cache belonged to Haqqani network was seized in a raid by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in eastern Paktika province. The NDS said in a statement on Wednesday that the cache of ammunition included 49 different types of anti-vehicle mines, 500 kilograms of explosives, 30 …

It feels as if residents of Kunar—an eastern but highly Taliban-infested province, have no saviors. Taliban’s siege and blockade of Naray district of Kunar, is the central pillars of a policy of economic warfare aimed at punishing the entire population of the district for taking up arms against Taliban. Their …

AT-KABUL: An Afghan delegation led by the minister of mines and petroleum left for Islamabad to attend the 19th steering committee meeting on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project. Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and India are expected to discuss operational phase of the pipeline project in the meeting on February 11. …

AT-PUL-I-ALAM: Four insurgents were killed in a blast caused by their own explosives in the Baraki Barak district of central Logar province, official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Rahim Amin, District Chief said that the four insurgents died after bombs they were planting went off. However he said that mine planting …

KABUL: Afghanistan Civil Society Federation (ACSF) urged the government to bring about electoral reforms and choose qualified people as cabinet picks. Members of the ACSF in a press conference on Tuesday called on the national unity government (NUG) to bring electoral reforms and chose qualified people as cabinet members. They …

KABUL: The Asia Development Band (ADB) and the European Union donated $130 million for construction of 108 kilometer road and tertiary infrastructure along route. The agreement of the grant was signed by the Minister of Finance, Aklil Hakimi, and country director of the ADB, Thomas Panell here on Tuesday. Hakimi …

As new threats have started emerging in the Arab peninsula, President Ashraf Ghani called on the international community at the Munich Security Conference that Afghanistan shouldn’t be kept on backburner. His call is timely and needs attention. Though too many other global challenges have emerged, but Afghanistan shouldn’t be ignored …

AT-KABUL: Unknown gunmen opened fire on worshipers in a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province killing two people wounded another, said an official source on Monday. Spokesman for the provincial governor office, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, said that unidentified gunmen entered a mosque in Kabul Camp area of Rodat district in the …

A drone strike in Afghanistan has killed a key militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS), officials say. AT News Report KABUL: A commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Afghanistan, Abdul Rauf Khadim, was killed in a drone strike in southern Helmand …

KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) and the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) have planned to conduct a nationwide survey to collect precise information about industries and factories as well as their products. The results of the survey would enable the government to adopt an efficient policy for …