Afghanistan Times
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned with the strongest terms an airstrike conducted by the US air force in Logar province. The attack was launched on residential areas, according to witnesses, who said several civilians including women and children were killed and injured. Karzai once again called …
Read More »40 Taliban killed in military operations
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said that at least 40 Taliban militants were killed and 18 others wounded during operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces during the past 24 hours. The MoI said in a statement that 21 Taliban terrorists were …
Read More »Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi appointed as CEO & President of Islamic Bank of Afghanistan.
Islamic Bank of Afghanistan – first full-fledged Islamic banking in the country – has appointed Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi as CEO and President of the bank. His tenure as approved by Central Bank of Afghanistan (Da Afghanistan Bank) is 4 years from date of his joining. A seasoned Islamic banker, …
Read More »78 drug traffickers sent to jail
AT News Report KABUL: At least 78 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and have been sentenced to different terms of prison service in the past one month. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 78 drug traffickers sentenced to one – 16 …
Read More »15 insurgents killed, villages cleared in Takhar
AT News Report KABUL: At least 15 Taliban terrorists were killed and several villages were cleared from their presence in northeastern Takhar province A statement released by Ministry of Interior (MoI), said Saturday that 15 Taliban terrorists were killed and 23 others injured during a joint clearance operation carried out …
Read More »Peace must be on top of agenda, not election
AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai’s Adviser, Shahzada Masoud said that there are unprecedented opportunities for Afghanistan to achieve peace, thus the government must pot on priority peace process as core remedy for crisis rather than going to election. Mr. Masoud continued that running of free, fair and …
Read More »ED: Daesh is a big threat for Afghanistan
9th round of US, Taliban peace talks kicks off in Qatar
AT News Report KABUL: The US and the Taliban representatives resumed their peace talks in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday night and would sit again late Friday to resume peace talks as part of Washington’s efforts to bring an end to Afghanistan’s conflict after nearly 19 years. According to …
Read More »2,000 polling stations to remain shut on Election Day: IEC
AT News Report KABUL: As the presidential election are just around the corner, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday announced that at least 2,000 vote centers will remain closed on polling day. Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a spokesperson for the electoral body, in an interview with Azadi Radio cited the …
Read More »Kabul wedding attack death toll increased to 80
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said that death toll from the Kabul weeding party attack increased to 80. The MoI spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said that death toll from Kabul wedding party attack has been increased to 80 people. He said that the number of wounded …
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