Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of unknown gunmen set ablaze two mosques in northern Baghlan province the other day, said an official source. Quoting an official source, TOLOnews reported that the incident took place in Amir Sher Ali area of Dand-i-Ghori district of the province. The source said that the …
Read More »Eight militants killed in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as eight Taliban militants have been killed in clearance operations launched by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, said a local security official. Noman Atefi, a spokesman for 201st Selab military corps, said that their clearance operations against the Taliban militants are going on …
Read More »Pak senate seeks briefing from Aziz on Mullah Omar’s death, peace talks
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The chairman of Pakistan’s senate, Reza Rabbani, asked Sartaj Aziz, advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, to brief the lawmakers over the death of Mullah Omar and peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Farhatullah Babar, a senator of Pakistan’s People Party, urged …
Read More »Head of Taliban’s Qatar office Sayed Tayyeb Agha resigns amid Taliban rifts
AT-KABUL: As differences among the Taliban militants group are growing wider in the aftermath of revelation of their leader Mullah Omar’s death, Sayed Tayeb Agha resigned as head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Sayed Tayyeb Agha in a statement said he has decided …
Read More »Atmar, Sinha discuss bilateral ties
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amar Sinha Ambassador of India in Kabul called on National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Tuesday where they discussed different mutual issues, including bilateral ties between the two countries. According to a press release by Atmar’s office, the two sides talked about strengthening relations between the …
Read More »Terror bid foiled in Logar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that a terror bid was foiled in Logar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives discovered unexploded suicide vests and assault rifles that were planned to be used in terror attacks on government installations. …
Read More »HPC calls on Taliban to resume talks, shun violence
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Committee of the High Peace Council (HPC) in Nangarhar province called on the Taliban insurgents to shun violence and restart the peace talks that were halted after death reports of Mullah Omar. The committee condemned the audio message of the newly appointed Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad …
Read More »Those mourning Mullah Omar’s death will face arrests: Officials
AT-KABUL: Warning the Taliban supporters of strict action, Kabul police chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, on Tuesday said that police would not allow anyone to hold condolence ceremony for Mullah Omer, the Taliban figurehead who died mysteriously in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference he said that Mullah Muhammad Omer was not …
Read More »Mullah Omar’s son not killed but under house arrest: Sources
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After the death of the Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Omar, a serious rifts has flared up over the over appointment of their new leader. Reports regarding power struggle between Mullah Mansoor, and the family members of the late Mullah Omar, such as his son Mullah Yaqoob and …
Read More »Activists lash at Taliban sympathizers, HPC for mourning Mullah Omar
Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Criticizing a number of Taliban supporters and members of the High Peace Council for holding mourning ceremony for Mullah Omar in Kabul, the civil society activists said that Pakistan has spies in the government of Afghanistan who were supporting such acts. Welcoming the National Directorate of Security’s …
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