Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday said that security forces have arrested 11 members of the Taliban, who were behind differing bombings, including assassination of a prominent journalist Yama Siawash. Mr. Saleh in a series of tweets said that it all started with a tip …
Read More »Turkey best option to host Afghan peace talks: Hekmatyar
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey is the best option to host the upcoming Afghan peace talks since it is an independent and impartial country, said the leader of Hezb-e-Islami political party on Wednesday. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency (AA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar underlined that there are deep-rooted amicable ties between the …
Read More »Taliban attack Kandahar airport with rockets
AT News KABUL: Taliban unleashed a barrage of rockets at the Kandahar airport on Wednesday, causing no casualties, provincial officials said. Six rockets hit the airport at around 11 noon hours. Claiming responsibility, the Taliban said a key military center was targeted with multiple missiles, causing heavy human and material …
Read More »Russia, Pakistan confer on Afghan peace process
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov during his visit to Pakistan met with Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and other mutual interests. Mr. Lavrov acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts in the Afghan peace process, Pakistan …
Read More »68 Taliban militants killed in fresh military drills
AT News KABUL: At least 68 Taliban insurgents were killed and 64 others wounded during the latest crackdown conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Wednesday. These militants were killed and wounded in Herat, Faryab, Farah, Badakhshan, Kunduz and …
Read More »Taliban kill a tribal elder in Paktia
AT News KABUL: A tribal elder was shot and killed by the Taliban militants in a wedding party in eastern Paktia province, sources said on Wednesday. A number of Taliban insurgents attacked the wedding party in Ahmadabad district of the province, killing Jan Mohammad, father of the groom. According to …
Read More »Govt. employee assassinated in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Unknown gunmen killed Mohammad Ismail Sahak, head of the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) in Paghman district of Kabul province on Wednesday morning, security official said. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said the incident involving shooting occurred at 6:30AM local time in the Qala Wazir area …
Read More »Editorial: Take your time
Planning to withdraw from Afghanistan is indeed a big task for the US administration under the leadership of Joe Biden who is apparently in a hurry to take out the remaining US troops. It’s good to withdraw from Afghanistan and give the ongoing peace process a chance to succeed. The …
Read More »Afghanistan records 70 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 70 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 56,943 cases around the country. The new cases …
Read More »Four passengers killed, 14 wounded in militant roadside bomb in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb explosion killed four passengers and wounded 14 others in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. The fatalities come as the passenger’s bus hit a militant planted roadside bomb, an official told Afghanistan Times. The blast occurred when the Taliban insurgents …
Read More »