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“A great deal of damage comes to our national security advantage when we beat a hasty withdrawal,” Mac Thornberry said. AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Texas Republic and Chairman of the House Armed Services, Mac Thornberry, asked the United States President Barack Obama to slow down the troops’ pullout from Afghanistan. After …

AT-KABUL: Nai- Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, a media watchdog, in its report on Monday revealed that media censorship has increased in the country drastically. The survey covering over 335 news reporters in 25 provinces of the country said the situation for the press has not improved under the National …

AT-KABUL: At least 78 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 47 others were wounded in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and the National Directorate of …

AT-KABUL: As many as 23 employees of different television channels on late Sunday night left Afghanistan to seek asylum in European Union. This is the first time that Afghan media-persons left the country in a group. Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, a media watchdog, said that last night 23 media-persons …

AT-KABUL: Several Taliban suicide bombers stormed the main provincial prison in southern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing four police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said. “Around 10 Taliban suicide bombers early today morning attacked Ghazni prison, the first attacker detonated his car full of explosives near …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep grief over collapse of crane in the holy city of Mecca, which led to killing of tens of worshipers. Hamid Karzai has written a letter to Saudi Arabia’s king, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to convey his condolences over the loss of lives …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MMP) of Afghanistan on Sunday said that due to absence of comprehensive regulations and legal procedures, major companies were not ready to invest in the country’s mining sector. Addressing a press conference here, the minister for mines Dawood Shah Saba said that the …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) warned that if the government failed to rescue the kidnapped businessman from abductors, the traders would stop importing food items and will go on a nationwide shutter-down protest. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, the deputy chief of ACCI, Khan Jan …

AT-KABUL: The Islamic State, also popular as Daesh, on Sunday claimed attack on Pakistani paramilitary forces’ checkpoint in Bajaur Agency. The group which has vowed to erase the Durand Line as it did in Syria and Iraq, told Afghanistan Times that its fighters attacked the Frontier Corps (FC), Pakistan’s paramilitary …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Sunday said the electoral reforms package is incomplete and need further improvement. Welcoming the Electoral Reforms Commission (ERC) recommendations, the FEFA’s Chief Executive, Mohammad Yusuf Rashid, said the package has positive as well as negative and complicated …