Afghanistan Times
By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The National Unity Government (NUG) is going to host the 4th Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) with a hope to hold direct talks with the Taliban and Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA). Representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will gather under one roof for …
Read More »Ghor passengers’ massacre: Families demand public trial of killers
Suspected Taliban insurgents killed 14 passengers in Ghor last year By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The families’ of the victims and Civil Societies Network on Monday praised National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces for arresting the mastermind of the Ghor passengers’ killing, and urged government to trial the indict publicly. Last year …
Read More »Govt efforts to reconcile with Taliban likely to fail: LDP
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Amid efforts to encourage Taliban to peace talks, the Labor and Development Party (LDP) believes that government’s endeavors in this regard are ineffective and cannot ensure peace and stability in the country. Head of the party Nawid Zulfaqar said Monday that peace with Taliban would “never” …
Read More »37 insurgents killed in Kunduz
AT-KABUL: Thirty-seven Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others wounded during a series of clearance operations launched by the national army in northern Kunduz province, ministry of defense announced Monday. “Afghan National Army (ANA) has conducted different clearance operations against Taliban insurgents in the Archi district of Kunduz province,” the …
Read More »Ghazni police chief warns land grabbers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ghazni police chief on Monday vowed to protect state-owned lands, which is increasingly targeted by land grabbers. Warning land grabbers of strict action, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhil told newsmen that no one would dare to usurp government lands in the future as the police was ready to …
Read More »15 killed, 13 injured in Parwan suicide attack
AT-KABUL: 15 people were killed and 13 more injured Monday afternoon in a Taliban suicide bombing in northern Parwan province of the country. A security official in the province, who wished anonymity, told Afghanistan Times the suicide bomber possibly riding a motorcycle targeted a local police commander and his bodyguards …
Read More »Pakistani army chief arrives in Qatar in bid to revive Afghan peace process
Pakistani Army chief General Raheel Sharif arrived in Doha on Monday in a bid to revive the Afghan peace process. “COAS arrives in Doha,Qatar on one-day official visit. Will meet political and military leadership,” DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Bajwa said. During his visit, the army chief will hold talks …
Read More »31 drug traffickers arrested
AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Sunday said that 31 drug runners were arrested though different operations in the past one month. A press statement issued here the CJTF said that 31 smugglers were apprehended by the Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in Nangarhar, Herat, …
Read More »Central Bank to sell $300m to balance Afghani
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Central Bank announced Sunday that it would put $200-300 million on sell in a couple of weeks to prevent the Afghani currency from dropping against foreign currencies in the market. “In order to prevent the drop of Afghani value against foreign currency particularly the US dollar, …
Read More »Around two million acres of government lands grabbed: AFH
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Afghanistan Freedom House (AFH) on Sunday said that 1.95 million of state lands have been grabbed by powerful individuals in 18 provinces in the past 10 years. Shah Hussain Murtazawi, head of the AFH told newsmen that they conducted a three-month search on usurpation of …
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