Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi, a young writer who used to write stories in Pashto, passwed away on Sunday. Ahmadi’s family confirmed his death. President Ghani, minister of information and culture as well as writers called his death as a tragedy and a loss in Afghan culture. In a …
Read More »Power Pylons blown up in Parwan
AT News KABUL: An imported power pylon was blown up in northern Parwan province on Sunday morning, said Da Afghanistan BreshnaSherkat (DABS). DABS said the incident happened in Jangal Bagh area of Parwan. Head of the energy and water department of Parwan, Rohullah Sajid said that four bombs were placed near …
Read More »Iran lobbies Taliban to reopen Islam Qala border
AT News KABUL: Iranian officials and the Taliban have a plan to reopen the Islam Qala border crossing to let traders continue export-import to resolve people’s problems in Afghanistan. Mohammad Taghi Hashemi, head of foreign nationals department in Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province was quoted by BBC Dari as saying that …
Read More »Taliban say hanker after an Islamic Afghan state, not emirate
AT News KABUL: Taliban say they are in pursuit of establishing an ‘Islamic all-inclusive Afghan state member of the Taliban delegation says the “Islamic Afghan government” will bring about fundamental changes in the lives of Afghan women, children and men. In his latest interview with Afghanistan’s Sputnik news agency, Sohail …
Read More »Pentagon urges political resolution as Afghan conflict flares
AT News KABUL: As the United States is leaving Afghanistan troubled by war, Pentagon is calling for international pressure to reach a negotiated political resolution with the Taliban to end the long-lasting conflict in the country. “The security situation in Afghanistan calls for international pressure to reach a political agreement …
Read More »Badghis provincial councilmen defect to Taliban
AT News KABUL: Two provincial council members had joined the Taliban command in the northwestern province of Badghis, top official said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Hesamuddin Shams named these two members of the provincial council as Fareed Akhizai and Khan Jan Zafar. Ariana News TV published pictures that shows Fareed …
Read More »2 killed in Kabul blast
AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and four others received injuries in a blast in Kabul on Saturday morning. An IED placed inside a property shop in Kart-e-Naw area in PD 8th went off at around 9:10am local time, killing two civilians and four others were …
Read More »Coronavirus; 813 new daily cases recorded
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday recorded 813 new cases of COVID-19 and 86 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry, the new cases come positive out of 2,855 suspected samples tested during the same period of time. The …
Read More »Police crime bust leads to 18 arrests
AT News KABUL: Police has arrested 18 people on charges of different criminal activities during fresh crackdowns carried out in Kabul city in the past 48 hours, ministry of interior said Saturday. The suspected criminals have been accused of kidnapping, drug selling, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and carrying …
Read More »Police crime bust leads to 18 arrests
AT News KABUL: Police has arrested 18 people on charges of different criminal activities during fresh crackdowns carried out in Kabul city in the past 48 hours, ministry of interior said Saturday. The suspected criminals have been accused of kidnapping, drug selling, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and carrying …
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