Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Taliban militants to “immediately” stop attacking on the cities of Afghanistan and avoid efforts to seize the power by force. Taliban’s lightning advances have made the people of Afghanistan and international community worried about a dark and violent …
Read More »Four more provinces fall to Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants reportedly captured four provincial capitals in their lightning advances that speeded up since August 6 when they first took control of Zaranj city, the center of the southwestern province of Nimroz. Reports said Saturday that the insurgent fighters seized Assad Abad, capital of Kunar …
Read More »Editorial: The silence of world on Afghan chaos
Afghanistan- a country of around 5,000-year long history has gone through a lot of ups and downs in various eras of the history. But this country has remained steady and strong despite becoming victim of the global games for several times. In the meantime, another similar scenario is about to …
Read More »Afghanistan records 87 daily virus cases
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that it has recorded 87 new cases and seven deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 1,934 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 87 were reported positive. The total …
Read More »Canada offers refugee status to 20,000 Afghans
AT News KABUL: The government of Canada has announced it would offer refugee status to 20,000 Afghans as an escalating violence threatens the lives of millions of people in the war-hit country. The announcement has clarified the program would cover those Afghans who are facing Taliban threats. It was announced …
Read More »Afghanistan faces serious instability
AT News KABUL: In the wake rapid Taliban advance, President Ashraf Ghani says that Afghanistan is serious threats of instability. “I am fully aware of the ongoing situations in the country,” Ghani said, referring to the high level of violence ragging across the country- that also forced thousands of people …
Read More »Pakistani soldiers clash with stranded Afghans in Chaman
AT News KABUL: Pakistani soldiers clashed with hundreds of stranded Afghans alongside the Durand-Crossing in Chaman area. The Afghans stranded across the Durand-crossing for many days and are struggling with shortage of food and living materials, according to the reports. The blockage of the Spin-Boldak port comes due to the …
Read More »Afrasiab Khattak: World turns back to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: A senior Pashton politician of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has expressed concerns over the current chaos in Afghanistan, saying that the world turned its back to this war-torn country. Afrasiab Khattak, a former senator and top Pashton politician in a video message said that “A grave tragedy is happening in …
Read More »Editorial: Afghanistan in dilemma due to weak leadership
The Taliban militants are rapidly gaining territories one after another in lightning advances and are getting close to the capital Kabul which homes President Ghani and his team. Within just one week, the Taliban managed to capture 18 provincial capitals (the insurgents took control of Zaranj city center of Nimroz …
Read More »Rep. Michael Waltz: We can still save Afghanistan but we need bold leadership – now
The devastation in Afghanistan is heartbreaking and infuriating. The Taliban are barreling towards seizing control of the country and could very well take Kabul before the 20th anniversary of September 11th. In their wake, Al Qaeda is poised to come roaring back and attack America, once again. As an American, …
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