By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 18 people including 14 foreigners were killed after more than 14 hours standoff in which the Afghan security forces killed all the six Taliban insurgents who raided Intercontinental Hotel—west part of Kabul city, officials told Afghanistan Times. The Ministry of Interior said 14 foreigners were killed and four Afghans martyred while 12 more received injuries. ...

KABUL: A group of insurgents have launched a coordinated attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul city as the security officials are saying that efforts are underway to eliminate the assailants. The Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib Danish confirmed that the ministry has received reports regarding the death of five people so far while six others have been wounded during the ...

NEW DELHI: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai minced no words as he said that it was up to the United States of America to explain the rise of Daesh and extremism as it was a result of its relationship with Pakistan. “Some of Afghanistan’s problems are foreign. Extremism is the product of US-Pakistan cooperation and Afghanistan has to face implications. ...

What Pakistani clerics mean, suicide bombing is unlawful in Pakistan, but Islamic in Afghanistan. They ignoring estimated 700,00 religious madrassass functioning in Pakistan, producing suicide bombers. The Muslim community around the globe knows better that suicide is forbidden (Haram) in Islam. Whether it is self suicide or suicide against a group of people to kill them, is absolutely against Islamic ...

PESHAWAR: Fifty trucks laden with fresh fruits and vegetables from Afghanistan have been stopped at the Torkham border by Pakistani custom officials. The trucks were stopped as the Customs and Food Department has reportedly banned food imports from the landlocked country, The News International reported on Thursday. It said the certain conditions had been imposed on the imports of fresh and dried ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday warned Pakistan of the consequences for supporting the illegal armed groups. Speaking during a consultative conference on peace in Kabul, President Ghani said supporting the illegal armed groups is like growing up snakes up in own sleeves. He said the Afghan government and nation extends the hand for peace to Pakistan ...

KABUL: A community gathering in Afghanistan’s Logar Province has awarded U.S. President Donald Trump a “bravery” medal, thanking him for his tough stance against Pakistan. Said Farhad Akbari, a community leader in the province, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on January 14 that more than 300 people at an informal “jirga,” or council, of concerned citizens agreed to award the ...

AUSTRIA: Former president Hamid Karzai has said the US presence in Afghanistan should be for ensuring peace and stability not for further deteriorating the situation and fueling war. Karzai in his address at the European Institute for Security Studies in Switzerl said the US should respect the Afghan values, customs, laws, institutions such as the Loya Jirga. A statement from ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai praised the US authorities’ recent pressuring statements against Pakistan, but said he would be happier when Washington takes practical steps. Karzai who is in an official visit in Austria, told reporters in a Vienna-based diplomatic center that he repeatedly informed the US two former leaders (Bush and Obama) as well as other US officials about ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says no power can stop the country to achieve its national goals as he insisted that the times have passed when the country was ruled based on feudalism principles. President Ghani made the remarks during the opening ceremony of a private steel company in Kabul today. He said the whole nation, including private ...