Afghanistan Times
AT-Kabul: British Ambassador to Kabul, Karen Pierce, called on the Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani and discussed different issues of mutual interest. Rabbani in the meeting with Ms Karen Pierce thanked Britain for the continued support to Afghanistan, and briefed the ambassador on Thursday’s visit of high-level Afghan delegation to …
Read More »Kabul PC members meet Masoud, discuss public issues
AT-KABUL: Members of the Kabul Provincial Council (PC) called on the special envoy of the president on reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Masoud, and discussed pressing public issues. In the meeting held the other day, the Kabul PC members underlined increasing unemployment rate, poverty, kidnappings, killings, and weak economy …
Read More »Independence Day preparations in full swing
AT-KABUL: With the Independence Day round the corner, the nationalist fervor is gripping the atmosphere and preparations for celebrating the national festival are picking up in the private and state institutions. Preparations for the 96th Independence Day in Afghanistan has begun in the different places of the country. Major cities …
Read More »British special forces back in Afghanistan tackling Taliban, Daesh terrorists
Elite SAS, SBS and US special forces taking part in military operations almost every night as insurgent forces close in on the capital Kabul British special forces are back at war in Afghanistan, fighting both Islamic State terrorists and the Taliban. Just a year after David Cameron said the war …
Read More »Why Afghans won’t mourn death of Hamid Gul, former ISI chief and ‘father of the Taliban’
The former chief of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), the powerful intelligence agency of Pakistan, died of brain hemorrhage in Pakistani resort town of Murree late on Saturday. He was 79. General Hamid Gul, a controversial military figure and protégé of former military dictator of Pakistan General Zia ul-Haq, led the …
Read More »“HERO” AFGHAN REFUGEE SAVES HUNGARIAN HOMELESS MAN’S LIFE IN BUDAPEST
A 16-year-old Afghan refugee sleeping rough in the Hungarian capital Budapest has been hailed a hero for saving the life of a homeless man in front of a soup kitchen in Bérkocsis utca, District VIII, in the early hours of Thursday afternoon. The drunken, homeless man was injured when he …
Read More »NDS foils terror bid in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a terror bid in Kabul by busting a group of militants in Logar province. The NDS in a statement issued here on Saturday said that the militants were members of Haqqani network. The group of nine insurgents wanted to carry …
Read More »Independence Day celebration catches fervor in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nangarhar is taking all preparations to host the Independence Day festivities on August 19, said the provincial governor. The preparations for celebration of the Independence Day have been started around ten days ago and roads, markets and other parts of Jalalabad, the capital city of province, are …
Read More »91 militants killed in Nangarhar offensives
AT-KABUL: At least 90 Taliban militants have been killed in a military offensive launched by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official source on Saturday. Hazrat Hussian Mashriqiwal, a spokesman for Nangarhar police, said that the military operations were conducted in Hesarak, Sherzad and Khogyani districts of …
Read More »TTP supports Afghan ulema’s fatwa against Pakistan
AT-KABUL: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has put weight behind Afghan ulema’s recent fatwa of jihad (holy war) against Pakistan. Terming the terror attacks in Afghanistan against Islam and condemning Islamabad for supporting terrorism and harboring Afghan militants, members of the Afghanistan’s Ulema Council on Thursday issued a jihad fatwa against …
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