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“Omer Safi termed an incompetent governor. His incompetence is one of the factors that led to the fall of Kunduz,” says Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House (LH) of the Parliament Abdul Rauf Ebrahemi on Thursday called on President …

“Peace negotiations door never closed; we are under an undeclared war, says President Ghani” By Farhad Naibkhel-Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani ordered that three commissions must be formed to find out what really caused the fall of Kunduz city and how its fallouts could be addressed. Addressing a joint press conference …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Domestic investors said that impediments created by neighboring states in investment and unconcern of Afghan government are some of the main factors for the stunted development of domestic products. A number of local industrialists who attended a three day exhibition held last week in Kabul in a …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces have retaken control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban forces, after it was fallen to militants on Monday, local official told Afghanistan Times on Thursday. The Afghan security force “now controls Kunduz city,” Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Seddiqi said on his official …

AT-Kabul:  National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that Taliban shadow governor for northern Kunduz province has been killed along with 16 Taliban fighters in an airstrike the other night in Kunduz city. A press statement emailed by NDS to Afghanistan Times here on Wednesday said that the Taliban Shadow governor …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: In bid to eradicate polio, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday introduced new Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). The vaccine was added into schedule of routine vaccinations program for all newborns. Speaking to reporters, the Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz said that they will exert …

Security officials pledge to retake Kunduz within 12 hours Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Rahmatullah Nabil on Wednesday apologized to lawmakers and the entire nation for failure to protect Kunduz city from falling to the Taliban. The Wolesi Jirga summoned security officials, including Nabil, …

“Security commanders and provincial officials were bashed for neglect; Taliban accused of brutalizing civilians” AT-KABUL: The civil society bodies said that security commanders and provincial officials’ negligence have led to fall of Kunduz city to the Taliban. The civil society activists in a gathering claimed that Taliban insurgents after seizure …

KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) — the Afghan spy service — on Wednesday said the suspension of a planned operation led to the fall of Kunduz City to the Taliban. Three days back, the insurgents attacked the provincial capital from several directions and took control of the entire …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Mishrano Jirga on Tuesday said that Kunduz security officials should be court martialed on charges of negligence in connection with fall of Kunduz city to the Taliban. Senators alleged that the city was handed over to the Taliban through a deal. They accused security officials in Kunduz …