Afghanistan Times
KABUL: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance announced on Monday that Hayatollah Hayat and Shah Mahmood Miakhil were appointed by President Ghani as new governors for the provinces of Kandahar and Nangarhar respectively. Hayat was previously serving as Nangarhar governor, while Miakhil was working at an institute involved in peace …
Read More »Poll panel calls for an election result ‘speed-up’
KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) called on theIndependent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) to announce the final results for parliamentary votes of 15 remaining provinces as soon as possible. Abdul Aziz Ebrahimi, deputy spokesman of election commission said on Monday that the election commission had already handed all the documents …
Read More »Cancer rates on rise in Afghanistan
KABUL: A cancer organization says that the number of Afghans suffering from deadly disease of cancer has recently increased more than any other time. It said on Monday that there were two centers for cancer treatment in Afghanistan that are not enough to meet the problems of all cancer patients. …
Read More »Afghanistan sentences 21 to prison for Intercontinental Hotel attack
KABUL: The Attorney General Office said Monday that 21 people were sentenced to prison in connection with the last year’s terrorist attack on the landmark hotel of Intercontinental in Kabul, in which about 30 people mostly foreign guests were killed last year. The Attorney General Office said in a statement …
Read More »UNHCR steps up aid to 30,000 displaced families
KABUL: With the onset of winter, the Refugees and Repatriations Ministry in cooperation with the UNHCR and other international relief agencies has delivered life-saving assistance to 30,000 displaced Afghans to help them weather the adverse conditions and survive the harsh winter. MoRR said on Monday that the assistance was distributed …
Read More »Abdullah lambasts Taliban for ‘hampering peace’
KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah slammed the Taliban for their peace stance, saying the insurgents’ position was the main obstacle for the process, a remark stated amid efforts being made by regional powers and the United States to persuade the militants give up militancy and join peace. “The most basic …
Read More »Trump says everybody including Taliban ‘tired of war’
AT-KABUL: In the wake of fresh efforts by his special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad—who at same stage made progress in talks with Taliban in Qatar, the US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Taliban and everyone become tired of war, and insisted on troop’s pullout from Afghanistan. …
Read More »Samangan clash leaves 10 civilians dead
AT-KABUL: At least 10 civilians have been killed in a clash erupted between Taliban fighters and the residents of Darah Sof Payan district of northern Samangan province, provincial official said Monday. Provincial governor spokesman, Siddiq Azizi confirmed the fight, saying it occurred on Sunday at around 11:00 local time in …
Read More »First RECCA ambassadors meeting discuss regional cooperation for economic growth
AT-KABUL: The first coordination meeting of RECCA Ambassadors in 2019 and inauguration of RECCA Research and Evaluation Center was held with the participation of Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, Government Officials, and Foreign Ambassadors to Kabul in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister Rabbani, besides thanking the regional countries for their …
Read More »Editorial; Another Moscow moot
The Russian Federation in a bid to help in a negotiated solution to long standing conflict in Afghanistan is going to host a two days moot at Moscow from today. Former President Hamid Karzai through a statement welcomed the move and hoped that it could lead to end to over …
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