The United Nations Security Council was briefed regarding the latest upheavals in Afghanistan by the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom. Haysom said Afghanistan has taken positive steps to overcome five key challenges for the survival of the unity government in 2016. Recalling his statement to UNSC in March, Haysom said Afghanistan had to tackle a potent ...

KABUL: Police said Tuesday that expats including foreign journalists can demand security services, if they think to face threats in the capital of Kabul. Chief of criminal investigations at Kabul police Feraidon Ubaidi told Afghanistan Times that for better security of the foreign citizens, Kabul police ordered guesthouses to stay in close contacts with police to thwart unexpected threats. “We ...

KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is concerned about forcibly deportation of Afghan refugees and expresses strongly its worry about lack of extension of refugee card by government of Pakistan. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in a meeting with Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Security Adviser, said that the UNHCR is concerned about ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 24 Taliban militants have reportedly been killed in the latest infighting among the rival groups in western Herat province which ended late on Tuesday. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Pashtoon Zarghoon district after the supporters of Taliban Chief Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada clashed with the dissident Taliban leader Mullah Rasool. Provincial governor’s ...

KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has reportedly issued new impossible-to-meet demands to sign a peace agreement with the Afghan government. An official privy to the development has told The Associated Press that the new demands include cancellation of pacts with the United States, a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and that it be signed by ...

KABUL: The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan have claimed responsibility behind a deadly attack on the Canadian Embassy security guards in Kabul. The sympathizers of the terrorist group in Afghanistan have claimed that the attack was carried out by a suicide bombeق whom they have identified as Irfanullah Ahmad. The loyalists ...

KABUL: The First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has said Sirajuddin Haqqani is a key player in the ongoing violence in Afghanistan with the direct support of Pakistani military intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). During a meeting with the Afghan armed forces late on Saturday night, Dostum said ISI has been continuously attempting to destabilize Afghanistan and conduct terrorist attacks ...

KABUL: The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan condemned a series of attacks in captial Kabul today which left at least 14 dead and many more wounded. “Resolute Support strongly condemns today’s Improvised Explosive Device attacks in Kabul that have killed several civilians and injured many more,” a statement by RS said. “The Taliban’s actions repeatedly harm civilians in an ...

KABUL: The Canadian Embassy in Kabul confirmed that the security guards of the Embassy were targeted by a suicide bomber in Kabul today. “The Embassy of Canada confirms that the cowardly attack targeted the security company of the Embassy. We offer condolences to the families of victims,” the Embassy said. At least 14 Nepalese guards were killed after a suicide ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 8 people are feared dead and around 40 others have been wounded in an explosion in northeastern Badakhshan province. The incident took place earlier today in Keshm district after a suicide bomber detonated a motorcycle packed with explosives in a market place. According to reports, a numbe of the children are also among those killed or wounded ...