Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: Afghan Football Federation said on Saturday that the Kabul futsal championship has been kicked-off where at least 160 teams are participating. Chief of the Futsal Committee, Deen Mohammad Safi, told Afghanistan Times that the tournament is held to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. All of the teams are …
Read More »Taliban attack security check-posts in Wardak
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban militants have stormed security check-posts in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, official sources said. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Attaullah Khogyani, said the other day that police posts on the Kabul-Bamyan Highway in the district came under the militants attack on Thursday morning. …
Read More »Increase in ANSF casualties: MoD rejects Pentagon’s report
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rejected the recent report of Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Defense Department, on increase in Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) casualties. The deputy spokesman to the ministry, Dawlat Waziri, told media that the recent report of Pentagon shows 59 percent increase in Afghan …
Read More »Work on Jawzjan-Balkh gas pipeline kicked off
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Daud Shah Saba, has inaugurated construction work on a gas pipeline project that would power Balkh industries. The 95km long pipeline will stretch from Jawzjan to Balkh province. After inaugurating the project the other day, Daud Shah Saba said that electricity would …
Read More »Honor killing: young boy, girl shot dead in Baghlan
AT-KABUL: In a fresh case of honor killing, a young boy and a girl were shot dead by their relatives in northern Baghlan province. According to an official source in the province, a 15-year old girl run away with a 17-year old boy to get married around 10 days ago. …
Read More »Kabul, EU finalize cooperation agreement
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Unity Government and the European Union the other day finalized the cooperation agreement on partnership and development (CAPD), said a press release issued by the Presidential Palace. The agreement was finalized between President Advisor for Economy, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, and the chief negotiators of the …
Read More »Work on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railway underway
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkmenistan has completed 45 kilometer of its portion of a railway that is slated to pass from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Tajikistan, reports said Friday. Afghanistan shares long borders with Turkmenistan and Tajikistan – 750 and 1,300 kilometers, respectively. Afghan experts believe that the trade between Afghanistan and …
Read More »Low-cost Hajj services: Ministry of Hajj saves $10 million
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs on Thursday said $10 million has been saved due to low-cost Hajj services that would be provided to Afghan pilgrims this year. The amount has been saved in airfare, food and accommodation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Faiz …
Read More »Pakistan’s ambassador summoned on cross-line aggression
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul, over the cross-Durand Line attacks and indiscriminate shelling by Pakistani security forces. In a media statement issued here, the foreign affairs ministry said that an Afghan border policeman was killed and another injured in Barmal district of …
Read More »23 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 23 armed Taliban fighters were killed and two others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
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