Afghanistan Times

Kabul expects Islamabad to sincerely cooperate in the Afghan peace quest By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: A six-member Taliban delegation, led by Head of Taliban Qatar Based Political Office, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has landed in Pakistan on Monday days after the country placed sanctions on the top leadership of …

Afghan forces failed to arrest Keramuddin Karim, President of Afghanistan Football Federation, who accused of rape and other abuses on female players AT News KABUL: Local Officials in central Panjshir said that Police Special Forces failed to arrest former President of Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), Keramuddin Karim, who was charged …

AT News KABUL: The Interior Ministry on Monday appointed a new police chief for Kabul, the capital city, after creeping and a sharp rise in security incidents. Juma Gul Hemat is the new police chief, replacing Amanullah Wahidi, the ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. Wahid has been dismissed after his …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban car bombing in the central provinces of Ghazni, has left at least three members of the Afghan security forces dead and nine others were wounded. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Wahidullah Jumazada said the blast took place on Monday morning in front of the Deh-Yak district compound.  …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has called on Pakistan to take practical and sincere steps to countering the terror campaign in its soil. Pakistan two days ago said it has placed sanctions on Taliban leaders, including Mullah Ghani Baradar and Haqqani network affiants. However, Islamabad on Monday said they …

Attack on public infrastructures and educational centers are war crimes and an obvious violation of international laws: AIHRC AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said that seven schools were damaged within the past 40 days in Afghanistan. Two of the schools in northern Takhar province, an …

AT News KABUL: The central provinces mostly Hazara-dominated areas and once the most calm and safe provinces, are now feared to turn into insecure areas. Though the roads connecting central areas to Kabul were not safe in the past, but recently Taliban militants have tried to expand their influence inside …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have blocked the third road connecting Kandahar to the neighboring province of Uruzgan in the south, drivers and passengers say. The private transportation union said Sunday that Taliban warned them in a letter to avoid traveling along the Kandahar-Uruzgan road. Hajji Abdullah, a member of …

Pakistani troops accompanying former president Karzai in chopper unhappy with Pashtoon slogan AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that Pashtoons living in two sides of the Durand Line would never split even as the situation terrifies them. In a Kabul meeting with Pashtoon writers and poets, Karzai said …

AT News KABUL: Former Commander of the Afghan National Civil Order Police, Gen. Zemarai Paikan was detained by the security forces on conviction of corruption. According to the ministry of interior, Gen Paikan, who was running away from the security forces for almost three years, was detained on Saturday night …