We are not a nation created-by mistake: Trump should remember this By FarhadNaibkhel KABUL: US President Donald Trump is famous for making countervail remarks over different topics, and his recent head-scratching comments to kill 10 million people in Afghanistan is definitely ranks as one of it. In a meeting with …
Read More »113 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT News Report KABUL: At least 113 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to year behind bars during past one month. Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in a statement said these drug traffickers sentenced to one–11 years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers by primary and appeal …
Read More »Nine Pakistani militants killed in Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces killed at least nine Pakistani Daesh fighters, including their commander, in a clash occurred on Monday night in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Tuesday. Nangarhar Press Department in a statement said the clash happened between the militants and uprising …
Read More »Editorial: Afghanistan Times
To bring out a newspaper is to live a circular existence. Over the course of years, there are writers to be contacted, story to be developed, edits to be completed, editorials to be written. Then there’s the final stretch of all-nighters with our production team as the pages are designed …
Read More »Blatant frauds in elections loom crises: Rana Think Thank
AT News Report KABUL:Experts and political personalities participating in the Rana Think Tank monthly session contended that blatant frauds in forthcoming presidential elections, salted for 28th September, would lead the contest to a crisis and that would be in a great consequence. Political expertstermed peace as top priority for the …
Read More »Badakhshan district falls to Taliban
AT News Report KABUL: Officials in the northeastern province of Badakhshan confirmed Monday that the Taliban fighters took control of the district of Keran Wa Monjan after intensive clashes with government forces. Provincial Police Chief, Assadollah Mohammadi said the security forces left the district as Taliban’s attack was so intensive, …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian casualties in Logar airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned an airstrike that targeted civilians in Logar province. The incident happened in the Baraki Barak district and the victims were mostly children and women. Karzai denounced the attack as “cruel”, emphasizing on the continuing of the intra-Afghan dialogues to lead …
Read More »Eight civilians killed, six injured in Logar airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and six others injured in an aerial bombing in Logar province, provincial confirmed. The attack took place on Monday in the Baraki Barak district, with district governor Ahmad Wais Rahimzai, saying that women and children were reported to have been …
Read More »Wardak officials warn to boycott polls amid increasing civilian killings
AT News Report KABUL: Some inhabitants and officials of central MaidanWardak province on Sunday warned if the ongoingbloody spell of civilian casualties wasn’t brought to a halt, they would boycott the government and forthcoming polls. Some provincial council members and Wardak tribal eldersin a gathering said herethat there had been …
Read More »Security chieftains briefed Wolesi Jirga over insecurity
AT News Report Kabul: Security bosses on Monday briefed Wolesi Jirga members about the country’s current security situation behind closed doors, but lawmakers said their talks didn’t satisfy them. In the wake of growing incidents of violence, the lower house summoned top security officials, including the acting ministers of interior …
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