Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, reacted to a decision made by the statistics department to include different tribes in the electronic ID card. “What the national statistics department published to include tribes in the electronic ID card is an unprofessional task. That’s right that Afghanistan is a …
Read More »Police detain 13 Criminals in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Kabul Police have arrested 13 people on the charges of different crimes during the latest crackdown carried out across the city. The Police succeeded in capturing 13 suspected people accused of armed robbery, killing, disruption of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in 1st, …
Read More »Russia Backs Plan for Afghanistan Interim Rule with Taliban
The formation of an interim inclusive administration would be a logical solution to the problem of integrating the Taliban into the peaceful political life of Afghanistan, said Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia said Friday it backed the Taliban’s integration into a future interim government in …
Read More »Turkey Plans to Host Afghan Peace Talks in April, Ahead of US Troop Pullout Deadline
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey plans to host an Afghan peace conference in Istanbul in April, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, ahead of a deadline for a US troop withdrawal. Though Mr. Cavusoglu did not specify the date, but a source told Afghanistan Times that the conference would …
Read More »Govt. Overlooks to Probe Journalists’ Murders: NAI
AT News KABUL: Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan (NAI) is accusing the government of escaping its responsibility to investigate cases related to the killings of journalists. NAI accused the intelligence organizations for not being able to investigate the cases of journalists-killings. The CEO of NAI, Mujeeb Khalwatgar in a press …
Read More »MP Fatima Aziz Dies at 47
Former President Hamid Karzai saddened by her demise AT News KABUL: A female lawmaker representing Kunduz province, Fatima Aziz passed away due to an illness, the head of the parliament’s secretariat Abdul Qadir Zazai said on Friday. She was 47 and was suffering from cancer for almost a year. According …
Read More »Turkey to Host Afghan Peace Conference on March 27 – Taliban Confirm Participation
Hopes High on Turkey Meeting to End War By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: In the wake of the U.S.’s new proposal for the Afghan peace process and formation of the next government system, some top anonymous sources in the government talked about a senior meeting similar to the Bonn-Conference to …
Read More »78 Taliban Rebels Killed in Latest Ops
AT News KABUL: At least 78 Taliban rebels have been killed and 49 others were wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Wednesday. The Afghan security forces supported by Afghan Air …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 23 New Cases of COVID-19 in Last 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 23 new COVID-19 infections across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 55,917 around the country. According to the ministry the new cases …
Read More »100 Violence Cases against Women Journalists Registered in One Year
AT News KABUL: The Center for Protection of Afghan Women Journalists (CPAWJ) says they have received and registered more than 100 cases of violence against women journalists in the past one year in 20 provinces. Journalism is a risky job in Afghanistan, but it is believed to be more difficult …
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