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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Emphasizing on higher troop levels in Afghanistan, the commander of US Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, said that he does not want the US forces level in the country to drop “anytime soon”. Votel lauded the US President Barack Obama for his decision in July to keep …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The two-day Heart of Asia summit will take place in India’s Amritsar city on Saturday (today) where terrorism and connectivity would be top agenda. The Afghan government has circulated a draft on regional cooperation against terrorist organizations to all participating countries for approval at the Heart of …

Afghanistan may seek additional military assistance from India in battling a relentless Taliban insurgency, a New Delhi-based newspaper reported on Wednesday. President Ashraf Ghani is expected to present Prime Minister Narendra Modi a wish list at their meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference in the Amritsar …

A new budget request includes funding for supplying U.S. Black Hawks in Afghanistan. By Ahmad Shah Katawazai-The latest supplementary budget request, intended to fund U.S. wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, as well as counter-Islamic State (ISIS) efforts, includes $264 million for American-made Black Hawk helicopters. The Black Hawks will …

AT-BERLIN: Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Shafi Muhammad Burfat condemned arrest of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) commissioner Bashir Naveed and Munir Mengal in Thailand. Talking to Afghanistan Times, Burfat said the Thai government arrested Bashir Naveed and Munir Mengal on behest of the Chinese and …

Sixty three people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur. Rescuers cut their way through …

AT-KABUL: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) had organized memorial events in Balochistan and abroad to pay tributes to martyrs of Baloch freedom struggle. In a statement issued from London the other day, the movement said that every year Baloch nation organize memorial services and events on 13 November to remember …

US President elect will approve a Congress bill to declare Pakistan a terror state when the legislation reaches him in what would be a shot in arm for India’s antiterror narrative, said Shalabh Kumar, a key Indian-origin member of Donald Trump’s advisory council and prominent businessman. “President Trump and PM …

Billionaire businessman beats former secretary of state, who calls to congratulate him on his victory. Donald Trump is the next president of the United States after a long, bitter and divisive election campaign. Projections early on Wednesday showed that Trump clinched victory over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th US …

Two senior Taliban figures said that Pakistan issued a stark warning to the militant group, apparently surprised and angered over being excluded from the insurgents’ secret talks with the Afghan government. They said the Pakistani government warned the Taliban that unless they consult with Islamabad during the negotiations all top …