AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah has said that Kabul wanted to enhance and strengthen bilateral relationship with Pakistan. He said that the National Unity Government (NUG) had initiated a number of steps to improve ties with Pakistan. He expressed these views while addressing the …
Read More »Govt asked to stay neutral on Yemen conflict
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of activists on Friday urged the government to stay neutral on Yemen war or else this stance will highly cost Afghans who have been fed up with war and calamity and now want to see brighter future in their country. Members of Young Activists for …
Read More »Karzai hails Iran nuclear talks’ development
AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday welcomed Iran and six world powers’ agreement on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear drive, making a development in a 12-year standoff after marathon talks in Switzerland. Karzai in a statement termed the agreement as vital for …
Read More »7 members of a family dead in Logar blast
AT-KABUL: Seven members of a family were killed in roadside bomb blast on Friday in the Baraki Barak district of eastern Logar province, an official said. Logar Governor’s spokesman, Din Mohammad Darvish, said that the slain included two men, a woman and four children who were on their way to …
Read More »Probe commission finds Farkhunda innocent
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Fact Finding Commission, established after killing of the 27-year old Farkhunda to probe the case, has found Farkhunda innocent. The commission’s findings showed that Farkhunda was accused of burning copy of the Holy Quran. The 27-year old was lynched and killed by a mob in Kabul City …
Read More »Bagram under Afghan authorities’ control: MoD
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Ministry of Defense rejected the recent media reports about reactivation of the notorious Bagram detention center by the US officials and said the prison was under control of the Afghan government. The ministry’s deputy spokesman Dawlat Wazeri in a telephonic interview with Afghanistan Times said the Bagram …
Read More »17 killed, 50 injured in Khost suicide bombing
AT-KABUL: At least 17 protestors were killed and more than 50 were injured as result of a suicide bombing in southeastern Khost city of the country, local officials said on Thursday. The deadly suicide attack in eastern Khost province has targeted demonstrators, who were protesting against the provincial officials to …
Read More »Afghan Deputy Information Minister dismissed for endorsing Farkhunda’s lynching
AT- Kabul: Deputy Information and Culture Minister, Simeen Hasanzada, has been dismissed for publicly endorsing the brutal lynching of a young woman, who was beaten to death by an angry mob in Kabul city for allegedly burning a copy of the holy Quran two weeks back. The 27-year-old Farkhunda was …
Read More »Govt’s silence on kidnapped passengers draws anger
AT: KABUL: Hundreds of residents of Bamiyan province staged protests against what they called the government’s silence over kidnapping of 31 passengers on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Zabul province. It has been more than a month that a group of armed militants kidnapped 31 passengers of Hazara ethnicity in Shahjoi district …
Read More »Seven militants killed in Zabul
AT: KABUL: At least seven Taliban militants have been killed and eight others wounded in military operation conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Zabul province, said a local official. Zabul police chief, Ghulam Sakhi Roghlewanai, said that security forces have conducted a large-scale offensive against the Taliban militants in Atghar, …
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