Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL:  rahmatullah Nabil Former Director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that the Taliban were trying to take control of the highways connecting border provinces with Kabul and pressure capital economically. Nabil made the remarks on his Facebook page on Sunday, in which he also accused the …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. has begun constructing military bases on the other side of the Durand Line, sources said but Washington is yet to officially confirm it. Sarkhat, a national newspaper quoted some anonymous sources as saying that Americans and Pakistanis on the other side of the Durand Line …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Pakistan business community has appreciated the government for establishing the proposed Pakistan Land Port Authority (PLPA) after proper consultation with the business community and relevant stakeholders in this regard. “This initiative will discourage illegal trade and remove hurdles present in way of bilateral and transit …

AT News KABUL: Munira Alimyar, a female member of the provincial council for Badakhshan in the northeast was among six people injured in a Saturday bomb blast. The incident took place Saturday in the provincial capital of Faizabad. Separately, source in the eastern province of Laghman said that four civilians …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg discussed preparations for the upcoming June 14 NATO summit, the 2030 document that will play a role in determining the alliance’s course for the next decade, as well as developments in Afghanistan. Most recently, United States …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan has allowed the US military to have overflight and access to be able to support its presence in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official has told lawmakers. Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Affairs David F Helvey also told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee …

AT News KABUL: At least three children were killed after mortar shelling targeted the residences in northern Takhar and Southern Helmand provinces, officials said on Saturday. Takhar Police’s spokesman, Abdul Khalil Asir said that the mortar firing hit a house in Shas Metra area located alongside the Kunduz-Takhar highway. According …

AT News KABUL: The Long War Agency in a recent report said that 19 percent of the Afghanistan’s soil is controlled by the Taliban. The agency said that it has collected the information from the media reports and government organizations. The Long War published a graphic map that shows 47 …

AT News KABUL: The list of government’s high council has been prepared by the government, but some powerful politicians including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Abdul Rashid Dostum and Salahuddin Rabbani have still objections. Sources close to government said Saturday that 14-member council’s draft was prepared after several days of consultations with jiahdi …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense said in a statement Saturday that a military in charge of Taliban was killed in a recent operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province. The statement said that the operation was carried out in the Baba Ji area …