Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recoded 1,556 confirmed cased of the pandemic Covid-19 with 55 deaths within the past 24 hours, health ministry said on Tuesday. The new cases were recorded out of 4,245 samples across the country. In this period, 932 patients were recovered. The total number of the confirmed …
Read More »India rushes to evacuate nationals as war escalates
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India has decided to evacuate its nationals and officials from Kabul and other cities as the security situation is getting worse due intensification of violence by the Taliban to gain more territory. “Plans have been worked out for the evacuation of our staff and other personnel present …
Read More »Afghanistan: ‘End this failed mission’ says former Afghan president Hamid Karzai as he blames US and its allies for rise in terrorism
Former president Hamid Karzai doesn’t hold back any punches on who is to blame for the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan. By Alex Crawford, special correspondent, and Kevin Sheppard, cameraman, from Kabul Hamid Karzai said he felt disrespected by the US A stream of politicians, ambassadors, world leaders and business people …
Read More »Karzai heaps scorn on US for ‘not defeating terrorism’
AT News KABUL: Presence of Nato in Afghanistan in the past 20 years produced mixed results, a former president of Afghanistan has said. The United States and its allies helped with the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s infrastructure, helping with education and other areas was very welcome and produced immensely good results …
Read More »Govt to media; ‘Don’t cross red lines’
AT News KABUL: The government calls on the media to take care of the law and national interests in reporting, warning to punish those media outlets who ignore the demand. “The media and journalists need to observe the red lines and should not misuse the freedom of speech,” said justice …
Read More »New Zealand on tenterhooks amid Afghan conflict
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: New Zealand’s defense minister has said they are watching the situation in Afghanistan closely as clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban have flared up amid the ongoing withdrawal of foreign troops. “We’ve just pulled our troops out of there and we will continue to make …
Read More »Pakistan closes Torkham over virus fears
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan has closed a key crossing point with Afghanistan and has not given any time frame for its reopening. Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad announced that the Torkham terminal will be closed starting July 6, until further guidance from the National Command and Operation Center …
Read More »Taliban reject ‘rumors’ about peace plan
AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: A Taliban spokesman in Qatar Naeem Wardak has reject recent reports as ‘rumors’ about the group seeking to present a written peace plan to the Afghan negotiators in Doha. This is as the group’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had earlier said that their negotiations with the Afghan …
Read More »Alarmed at Taliban gains, Tajikistan deploys 20,000 troops on border
AT News KABUL: Tajikistan has deployed 20,000 soldiers along the border with Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents have made advances in the north and northeastern areas especially in Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces which are bordering the Central Asian state. Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon who is also commander-in-chief of the country’s …
Read More »Ankara, Washington discuss Kabul airport security
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said he would discuss with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday a plan for Turkey to operate and guard Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport after the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, adding there was no final decision yet, Reuters reported on Tuesday. …
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