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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that a militant group was busted in southern Kandahar province. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that its operatives succeeded in busting the group during an operation in the Kandahar city and arrested 11 militants. The …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said that Afghanistan annually imports worth $400 million drugs from foreign countries, but still 40 percent of the medicines are imported through illegally channels. Minister of Public Health, Feruzoddin Feroz, said that 40 percent of drugs are imported illegally which includes low …

AT-Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani on Friday visited to northern Kunduz city, where he paid tributes to security forces, and appreciated their sacrifices to restore security in Kunduz. He visited after the security officials announced on Tuesday that they had fully cleared the city from Taliban. Taliban captured the northern Kunduz …

5,500 troops beyond 2016 in Afghanistan enough to curtail insurgency: Carter  AT-KABUL: The US President Barack Obama has decided to keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through 2016 and 5,500 troops beyond to train and help the Afghan security forces. Responding to the increasing insurgency in Afghanistan, Obama said on Thursday …

AT-KABUL: After threatening the two well-known local news channels, the Taliban insurgents have included almost 99 percent of the Afghan media outlets in their hit-list. The militant group’s so-called military commission has recently included all those print and electronic media organizations that have highlighted and condemned brutality of the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban militants have stolen four vehicles on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Maidan Wardak province, said an official source. A press statement issued by the provincial governor office said that after stopping a number of vehicles on Kabul-Kandahar highway, the Taliban insurgents stole three 303 buses and a corolla car. …

Abu Dhabi: Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, praised the UAE as a model of an inclusive society and a source of inspiration for its guiding principles of tolerance and innovation. Karzai told Gulf News late on Monday that he was appreciative of the role played by the UAE in …

“It seems that some quarters [in Pakistan] have re-adopted their previous policies regarding Afghanistan. Peace in Afghanistan is inevitable for peace and prosperity in Pakistan. Afghanistan had changed and that the time had gone when the Taliban or any other force was imposed on Afghan people,” says Asfandyar Wali Khan. …

AT-KABUL: Three civilians on Thursday were injured in a magnet-bomb blast in third jurisdiction of Kabul city, said police. Spokesman to Kabul police, Baseer Mujahid, told Afghanistan Times that the blast took place on Thursday morning in third jurisdiction of the capital city. The injured men were civilians and had …

“Though challenges are there, yet we are still hopeful that Pakistan will play its proactive role in peace mediation, say Afghan embassy officials in Islamabad” AT-KABUL: Afghan media delegation visited Pakistan this week. The media exchange program, organized by Equal Access Afghanistan and Equal Access Pakistan, turned out to be …