AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Islamabad has given a green signal to easy the recent ongoing tensions with Kabul in spirit of a mutual respect and cooperation, but, however the country did not decide yet to reopen Pak-Afghan crossing points, the Pakistani officials said the other day. Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesman, Nafees …
Read More »Afghanistan never supports any terrorist outfit: Abdullah
By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Blaming Afghanistan for supporting terrorist outfits is not realistic, rather it is a move in order to divert minds, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah said today, while calling on regional countries for honest cooperation in war on terror. Abdullah in a gathering in Kabul to …
Read More »Pakistan should be included in UN black list for its crime of supporting terrorism: Protestors chanted
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Hundreds of Kabul residents including politicians and civil society activists on Thursday took out to the streets to give vent to their anger against Pakistan for its “continuing support to the militancy, and the recent shelling on resident areas in eastern provinces of the country. While chanting …
Read More »Editorial: TAPI an ambitious gas project
The agreement of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is now closer to a reality. Energy starving India and Pakistan have joined hands with Afghanistan and struck a deal with Turkmenistan to build a gas pipeline at a cost of $10b. The project was signed in 2016. President Ashraf Ghani in …
Read More »UAERCS grants school uniforms
AT-KABUL: The Kabul office of the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Society (UAERCS) in cooperation with the UAE embassy based in Kabul have decided to grant female students with school uniforms across the country. A press statement emailed to Afghanistan Times, the UAE embassy said that the Kabul office of …
Read More »Ghazni terror plot foiled: MoI
AT-KABUL: A terror plot has been foiled after the Afghan security forces destroyed a truck filled with explosive materials before entering to the capital of southern Ghazni province, security source said on Wednesday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said the insurgents was planned to carry …
Read More »Accord signed to offer loans to the industrialists
‘Ending imports with support of domestic product’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Industrial Association (AIA) on Wednesday has signed an agreement with Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) to offer loans to the industrialists aimed at upgrading industrial factories across the country. “This is the first agreement signed with AIB for a …
Read More »Editorial: A heart-winning speech
The Afghan masses should stay confident as the country will not unravel into any sort of civil war as the country’s leaders are now mature enough to deal with any type of distasteful incidents. There are some elements who are trying best to prompt gloomy forecasts of an internecine war …
Read More »Daesh recruiting fighters in Logar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group had kicked off recruiting process to bring more fighters in their militancy rank as already hundreds of recruited fighters dispatched to Achin district to receive terrorist training, local officials in central Logar province said on …
Read More »Abdullah for elimination of terrorist hideouts in Pakistan
AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a meeting with the NATO commander for joint command, called on the removal of terrorist havens beyond the Durand Line. “General Salvatore Farina assured that the NATO is ready for cooperation with Afghanistan in all military sectors,” Abdullah’s office said Wednesday. Farina added that …
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