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At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen others, including a judge, wounded in a group attack on the appellant court building in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday, officials said. Governor Mohammad Aman Amin told a news conference here: “Nine people including four civilians, …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on Pakistan government to stop violence and be honest in relations with Afghanistan, his office said Tuesday. “Karzai said that Afghanistan is an independent country which has quite freedom in relationships with the world countries,” it said in a statement. Karzai said these words …

AT-KABUL: Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that the number of Afghans displaced by violence and poverty has dramatically doubled over the past three years. A staggering 1.2 million people were internally displaced in Afghanistan, a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013. Amnesty International’s new report, ‘My Children …

Experts believe that by establishing of Chabahar port, Afghan govt will rescue from Pakistan pressure    By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Mahmmoud Tarzi Think-tank asked the government to keep an eye open in the management of the Chabahar port, calling it a “good alternative” to Pakistan’s Karachi port. Chabahar port is …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A suicide bomber boy, aged 14-year-old was arrested by the Afghan Border Police before he could carry out suicide attack on senior officials in southern Kandahar province, provincial official said on Tuesday. The boy was told to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the district …

AT-KABUL: In a separate airstrikes carried out in two districts of Paktia province, at least 14 insurgents have been killed, the security officials said on Tuesday. First airstrike killed eight militants and wounded four others in Gian district of the province, the Ministry of Defence said in a media statement. …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The first-ever female education complex named ‘Moraa University and High School’ started in Kabul with the aim of providing primary and higher education for the girls who are forbidden from attendance in the mixed learning institutes due to social taboos. The complex was invested by around eight …

“Provincial officials do not report about ground realities. Central government is blind and kept in dark. Lashkargah is on the verge of collapse,” PC member laments. AT News Report KABUL: In the past three days, conflicting reports have emerged from Helmand about security situation as the Taliban tighten grip over …

The government had lulled people into thinking that their lives and properties are protected. The false sense of security has failed to gain a foothold in minds of people. Fragile security situation is exposing the strength and strategies of all those, in the power corridors, who promised to provide relief …

AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters have killed at least 12 people, after kidnapping more than 220 passengers from several busses on the Kabul-Kunduz highway in northern Afghanistan, official sources told Afghanistan Times. Tens of Taliban fighters with light and heavy weapons early in the morning on Tuesday established temporary check points in …