Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: Governors of Herat, Bamiyan, Parwan, Daikundi, Nimroz and Kapisa urged the central government to implement infrastructural projects, put end to mounting insecurity and improve education in the provinces. The governors on Saturday in a session in Kabul said that the central government nodded to some of their demands. However, …
Read More »Afghans are indivisible: Karzai
“We will prove it to the world that Afghans are not terrorists, said Asfandyar Wali Khan.” AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that Afghans are united, will remain united and none can divide them. He added that Afghans and the Pashtuns living on the other side of the Durand Line were …
Read More »Afghanistan to get WTO membership this December
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries said that Afghanistan would receive the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) membership by the end of 2015. Spokesman for the ministry Musafir Quqandi said the membership would bolster business system in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, other officials of the ministry also voiced pleasure and said …
Read More »Teenage bomber escapes Taliban, surrenders to police in Faryab
AT-KABUL: A 12-year old would-be suicide bomber surrendered to police in northern Faryab province. Faryab Police Chief, Sayed Agha Andarabi, told Afghanistan Times that Zakaria, 12, has saved his life and of many others by escaping the Taliban and surrendering to police in Chahar Shanbe Bazaar area of Qaisar district …
Read More »Tajikistan seals border with Afghanistan in northern Badakhshan
Locals face challenges; ask Kabul to take the issue with Dushanbe AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Tajikistan has closed her border for Badakhshan residents living near the border. This came after insecurity increased in northern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The residents living in Darwaz, Ishkashim and Maimay districts of Badakhshan province, which …
Read More »Three terrorists detained in Zabul
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday claimed arrest of three terrorists and destroying a terrorist training center in southern Zabul province. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said that in a joint operation its operatives succeeded in nabbing three terrorists on Zabul-Kandahar highway. The detained …
Read More »Taliban hang ex-district chief in Uruzgon
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have executed a former district chief in southern Uruzgon province, it has been reported. Reports said that the Taliban insurgents raided the house of the former chief of Khas Oruzgon district Juma Khan, and kidnapped him. He was taken to an unknown place. Spokesman …
Read More »One killed, two injured in Kabul blast
AT-KABUL: A driver was killed and two others wounded in a suicide attack in Kart-e-Naw area of Kabul city on Saturday morning. Ministry of Interior (MoI) Public Affairs Department Deputy Najeeb Danish confirmed the blast. He said the suicide attacker was on foot and detonated his suicide vest in Shahrak-e-Telaie …
Read More »NDS foils terror attack in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a suicide attack was thwarted in Kabul. The NDS in a media statement said that it has arrested two terrorists, including a would-be suicide bomber and a terror attacks planner, with a corolla vehicle full of explosives. The arrested …
Read More »Russia ready to provide 10,000 AK47s to Afghan police: Muslimyar
AT-KABUL: Chairman of the Meshrano Jirga (Senate) said that Moscow was ready to donate 10,000 Kalashnikovs (AK47) to Kabul for Afghan police force within next 20 days. Fazul Hadi Muslimyar, who met with Russian officials recently, told Radio Azadi that Russia would deliver the donated AK47 assault rifles to the …
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