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AT-KABUL: Two civilians were killed in a roadside bombing in the southern Kandahar province, a local official said Sunday. The provincial governor spokesman Samim Ikhpelwak said the blast targeted a civilian van in Shah Wali Kot distract of the province on early morning. “They were traveling from Kandahar city to …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that 9,555 self-burning cases have been recorded across the country this year. “We have registered 2,016 cases of eating poison and 9,555 cases of self-immolation across the country in 2016,” a senior official at the ministry told Afghanistan Times. He called depression …

AT-KABUL: At least 17 fighters loyal to Daesh killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials Sunday. “Afghan airstrike targeted Daesh fighters in Achin district, killing 17 fighters in Nangarhar province,” said Provincial Governor Spokesman Atullah Khogiani. He said that based on report all the killed fighters were …

AT-KABUL: At least eighty Taliban insurgents were killed and fifty-four others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Sunday. “The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security operatives, …

Afghanistan lags behind neighboring countries in many fields. Many study reports and surveys revealed government skill deficiency. The idea of the government failure is associated with unproductive policies and lack of basic infrastructure to steer the country in the right direction. The unproductive policies and lack of attention towards key …

NEW DELHI: Terrorists have killed 17 Army soldiers and injured 19 in a suicide attack on an Army camp in Kashmir+ . Four terrorists struck the camp close to the headquarter of the 12th Brigade at Uri in Baramulla District. This makes it one of the deadliest terrorist strikes on …

A huge fire has swept through a wood market in Kabul city few minutes earlier as a thick black smoke has covered Qwai Markaz area where the incident has taken place. The main motive behind the incident is not clear which comes nearly one and half month after a major …

Russia and Syria say 62 Syrian soldiers killed by coalition aircraft near ISIL-held city of Deir Az Z US-led coalition air raids reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated. The …

AT-KABUL: The Work on the destroyed electricity cables began in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said Saturday, adding that people would be able to enjoy electricity soon. “The power problem in Nangarhar will be solved by technical team in hard cooperation of locality officials and tribal elders,” said a …

The two time-tested friends, Afghanistan and India have sent a strong message to those actors who are not sincere in fight against terrorism, saying that they are committed together to remove obstacles in fighting terrorism. A statement following meeting between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, …