Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: A Pakistani senator warns that his country would suffer international sanctions and isolation due to supporting Taliban who have waged deadly attacks in different parts of Afghanistan. Senator Mustafa Nawaz, said Monday that Islamabad needs to bring changes in its foreign policy and cooperate with the Afghan …

AT News KABUL: A veteran journalist, and attorney at the Afghan Attorney General’s Office, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kabul city on Sunday, officials said. The Attorney General’s Office said that a vehicle carrying prosecutors in charge of the Bagram Justice Center and Prison was attacked …

AT News KABUL: At least 579Taliban militants were killed and 161of them were wounded in military crackdowns by Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Afghan security forces succeeded to kill 579 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in Nangarhar, Khost, …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban shod the two female police personnel, whom, the group earlier abducted in the central province of Ghazni, a source said on Monday. According to the source, who was talking on condition of anonymity, the bodies of the police personnel were found in Kashk area of …

AT News KABUL: The UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) voiced concerns over rise in violence against children, saying that 27 children were killed and 130 others wounded within past 72 hours of violence nationwide. The UN agency said in a statement on Monday that called on the mediation component to …

AT News KABUL: Thousands of families have displaced in different areas particularly in the provinces where battles between government forces and Taliban fighters are going on within the past two weeks, officials confirm.  “5,300 families have fled their homes in the past 15 days alone,” Mohammad Reza Baher, spokesman of …

AT News KABUL: At least 12 civilians were killed and two others wounded, including women and children, after a passenger vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in southern Paktia last night, according to officials. A roadside bomb that Taliban planted went off in Chino village of Sayed …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. embassy has condemned the Taliban’s violent new offensive against Afghan cities in the wake of the militants’ seizure of several cities in recent days. The Taliban recently took control of several cities including Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province, Sheberghan, capital of Jawzjan on Saturday, …

Situation in Afghanistan is becoming much grimmer with each passing day. Taliban has been intensified assaults and continue to seize more territory and the Afghan security forces are trying to hold them back. The offensive heightened after the announcement of foreign troops withdrawal for September. Indeed, the US messed up …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have purportedly abducted two policewomen in Ghazni province, a security source said on Sunday. The source, talking on condition of anonymity, told -Itlat-e-Rooz that Taliban have abducted the two policewomen in Sai Ganj area in the PD 1 of Ghazni capital city. According to …