Afghanistan Times
A bomb blast hit a Russian metro station in the Saint Petersburg city. The incident that was reported to have been carried out by a national of the Central Asia linked to the extremist groups was called a ‘terrorist attack’. The Monday attack left 11 civilians killed, while dozens more …
Read More »12 army officers sacked over hospital attack
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: 12 army officers including two generals were dismissed Tuesday from their posts for negligence over the terrorist attack on Sardar Daud Khan hospital in Kabul. A number of terrorists, dressed as doctors stormed country’s largest military hospital early March, opening fire at hospital staff and patients. “The …
Read More »Ashgabat to host regional meeting to assist Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan has organized the fifth meeting of Regional Infrastructure Confidence-Building Measures (RI-CBM) technical groups in Ashgabat for Thursday as a continuation of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan, the OSCE Ashgabat office said in a message. The meeting was supported by the Organization for …
Read More »UK opens new geological centre in Kabul
KABUL: British envoy to Kabul, Domenic Jermey has said that the newly inaugurated geological centre would help the country to extract minerals and help in stabilization of the country. The UK envoy said that all the minerals inside the country are the valuable wealth of Afghan people and it is …
Read More »Over 150 refugee families return home from Pakistan
AT News Report-KABUL: Over 150 families have returned home from Pakistan through Torkham cross point in the past two days, officials said Tuesday. Refugee returning stopped after tensions increased between Kabul and Islamabad and the Torkham cross point remained closed for more than a month, but on Monday, returning of …
Read More »Narcotics seizure up by 108 percent: ‘2,683 drug traffickers arrested’
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Department of Ministry of Interior on Tuesday said that Counter Narcotic Police (CNP) have discovered and confiscated over 649 tons of narcotics in the 1395 solar year, which shows an 108 percent increase in seizure. “The CNP has discovered and seized 649.461 tons of …
Read More »ED: We need to focus on mines
The National Unity Government has frequently declared that it would exert utmost efforts to improve the lives of people and lead the country toward a better and sustainable economic, but despite passing two and half years since establishing of NUG people not witnessed for any significant economic progress, but even …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian killings in Helmand
AT News Report-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president “strongly” condemned the killing of civilians in the southern Helmand province, his office said Monday. “The former president terms attacks on houses and villages and killing of helpless civilians an unjustifiable act that is against every humane and Islamic principles,” Karzai’s office …
Read More »India to build centre for WTO in Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI), Musafir Qoqandi has said that Indian government has promised to provide technical assistance to build a research and training center for the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Kabul. The center would provide valuable training to the concerned …
Read More »Student killed at Kabul school
AT News Report-KABUL: A student of the Kabul city’s Nadereya high school was killed by another student Monday inside the school, the education ministry confirmed. “Serajuddin, an 11th grade student was stabbed dead by Mahboobullah, a dismissed student while searching students at the entrance of the high school,” the ministry …
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