Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast claimed the lives of two civilians and wounded 10 others in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said that the mine was planted to target the convoy of the National Directorate of Security in PD 4 of Jalalalabd, …

AT News KABUL: Sources in the government confirm that Taliban fighters took control of a regional army base and several of their outposts in Nangarhar province. The sources said Wednesday that the base and outposts fell to Taliban in the districts of Pachiragam and Haska Mina. “Taliban have taken several …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces busted a gang of armed robbers in Kabul city and arrested four people, security authorities said Wednesday. They were detained from Bagh-e-Rais area, in PD 7th in Kabul city, Kabul Police Press Disk said in a statement. According to the statement, the captured …

AT News KABUL: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) formally asked International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan since March 2020, since when 11 have been murdered. RSF is asking Bensouda to investigate these murders – which could be regarded as war …

AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said that the perpetrators of suicide attacks, who are sentenced to death by the Supreme Court, would be executive in the near future. He also said that the security forces thwarted 850 suicide attacks in capital city of Kabul. “The Taliban and …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Istanbul has agreed with NATO to take responsibility for Hamid Karzai-Kabul International Airport in a $130 million deal, an Afghan government official told The National. The deal is likely to be widely welcomed after weeks of uncertainty over the Turkish government’s continued commitment to defending Hamid Karzai International …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL:  The US Central Command has said that an estimated 30 to 44 percent of American troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan until last month, inching closer to achieve President Joe Biden’s ambitious target of 100 percent removal of its military from the war-torn country by September 11 this …

AT News KABUL: The government forces have launched an operation to retake control of the Dohla dam in southern province of Kandahar from Taliban, but it has caused water shortage in seven districts as Taliban cut the water supply system from the dam to the residential areas before leaving the …

AT News KABUL: At least 100 Taliban insurgents were killed and 50 others were wounded in a series of latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The Afghan security forces backed by the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. Forces are to hand over their main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in next 20-day an official said Tuesday, as Washington speed up to complete the withdrawal ahead of September 11. The vast base, built by the Soviets in the 1980s, is the …