AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday attended the Ashura (Tenth of Muharram) ceremony at the Imam Zaman Mosque in Kabul’s Police District 11, which was targeted by Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist a month ago. During his speech at the mosque, President Ghani said that …
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AT-KABUL: At least twenty-two Daesh militants, also known as Islamic State (IS) rebels, including some Pakistani fighters, have been killed during operations in Nazyan, and Lalpura districts of eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said. Provincial governor spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that seven Pakistani militants were among killed …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghan Air Force has mistakenly bombed its own Afghan forces on the ground in southwestern Helmand province and killed ten and injured nine others, officials told Afghanistan Times. The airstrike was carried out today (Sunday) afternoon at around 5:00pm in Adam Khan area of Grishk district of Helmand …
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghan children as young as 14 have fought in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan armed group supported by Iran that fights alongside government forces in the …
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AT-KABUL: At least three people including two policemen were killed and 18 people were injured Thursday evening in Kabul city after a bomb attached to a police vehicle exploded in central Kabul city, official said. The sticky bomb was attached to a police vehicle and exploded at 6:30pm at first …
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AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai says that if Afghans were fully maintain security of their country, so none can dare to attack the airport. Former President said this during a gathering to mark the death anniversary of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President and High Peace Council Head. Karzai …
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Together with the Ministry of Public Heath, and UNICE, Afghanistan would successfully complete the nationwide polio ammonization campaign in all districts of Afghanistan. There is no doubt that the related officials are making every available effort to fully put an end to the polio various, but Taliban and other militant …
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg concluded a two-day visit to Afghanistan on Thursday (28 September 2017), following a visit to NATO’s headquarters for southern Afghanistan. The Secretary General received operational briefings from senior military leaders at NATO’s Train Advise and Assist Command in Kandahar, and addressed troops from Allied and …
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AT-KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber, driving an explosive laden Humvee, have targeted Afghan security forces outside the compound of Marouf district of Kandahar, in which 12 security forces were killed. Kandahar Police Spokesman, Zia Durani, told Afghanistan Times the explosion took place in first entrance of the district compound at …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, and NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan during their visit to Kabul on Wednesday. During joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace, Mattis and Stoltenberg pledged the support of US and NATO allies …
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