Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in northern Afghanistan say that the Taliban militants had killed Sayed Aleem Sadati, a member of the provincial council member for Samangan, after abducting him in the neighboring province of Baghlan. The officials said that Sadati was abducted along with four others by the …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned with the strongest terms an airstrike conducted by the US air force in Logar province. The attack was launched on residential areas, according to witnesses, who said several civilians including women and children were killed and injured. Karzai once again called …

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said that at least 40 Taliban militants were killed and 18 others wounded during operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces during the past 24 hours. The MoI said in a statement that 21 Taliban terrorists were …

Islamic Bank of Afghanistan – first full-fledged Islamic banking in the country – has appointed Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi as CEO and President of the bank. His tenure as approved by Central Bank of Afghanistan (Da Afghanistan Bank) is 4 years from date of his joining. A seasoned Islamic banker, …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 78 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and have been sentenced to different terms of prison service in the past one month. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 78 drug traffickers sentenced to one – 16 …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 15 Taliban terrorists were killed and several villages were cleared from their presence in northeastern Takhar province A statement released by Ministry of Interior (MoI), said Saturday that 15 Taliban terrorists were killed and 23 others injured during a joint clearance operation carried out …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai’s Adviser, Shahzada Masoud said that there are unprecedented opportunities for Afghanistan to achieve peace, thus the government must pot on priority peace process as core remedy for crisis rather than going to election. Mr. Masoud continued that running of free, fair and …

By: Suhasini Haidar Karzai says Islamabad is trying to hold the Afghan peace process hostage to its Kashmir objectives India should be wary about a possible U.S.-Pakistan “deal” on Afghanistan, warned former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was set to begin another round of talks …

President Ashraf Ghani emphasizes that the presidential elections slated for September 28, must be held on its scheduled time. The president is insisting on election that the process has been surrounding by scores of challenges and problems. Almost everyone of President Ghani’s 17 rivals at the contest believe that the …