Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk FEROZKOH: At least 16 civilians and five policemen have been killed and 15 others wounded in Taliban assaults in western Ghor province. Residents and officials said on Tuesday the incidents took place in Shabshudagi and Bykab villages on the outskirts of Ferozkoh — the provincial capital — …

AT News Report KABUL: At least nine policemen were killed and another two were captured alive by the militants, after several Taliban fighters Monday night attacked a security checkpoint in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said. The attack was carried out by several armed Taliban Monday night in Charaka …

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Public Health says it was concerned about the increasing blood cancer among children. Lotfullah, 12, has blood cancer and is under treatment in the Indira Gandhi children hospital in Kabul. Lotfullah who comes from Badghis province in the northwest, has stopped going to school …

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah calls for an investigation to find if allegations regarding sexual issues inside the presidential palace are true. Abdullah addressed a cabinet weekly session on Monday that “something could have happened”, referring to the sexual scandal accusations. On Sunday, media outlets quoted two …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of reporters covering parliament events, accuse the nation house’s secretariat of censorship and hide some important matters from media. These journalists say they haven’t been allowed to go inside the main hall for 10 days, and security officials ban them from entering the media …

KABUL: Seven members of one family including three women and two children were killed in their house in Karte Sakhi area in Kabul on Sunday evening, officials confirmed on Monday. The perpetrators of the attack are not known yet, police said. Residents of the area said one of the victims …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Chief Executive of the National Unity Government, Dr. Abdullah on Monday expressed his concern over new appointments and slammed President Ashraf Ghani for political hiring and firing, where according to him was politically motivated. Addressing a meeting of the Council of Ministers, Abdullah said the recent …

In the wake of Taliban’s political office Doha Qatar’s willingness of participating the second intra-Afghan dialogue session at Moscow, commencing from Tuesday (today) likely to be an historical event. The Taliban delegates are going to land in Moscow before commencing of the moot on Tuesday morning. Beside Taliban a delegation …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 10 people, where eight are employees of the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHR) received injures after the vehicle they were travailing in struck with a roadside bomb in Kabul, the capital city on Tuesday morning. Kabul Police Spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said a …

By Hadi Miraan The Afghan women’s tragic life situation is a historic dilemma that is the direct product of our prevalent culture, traditions and historic beliefs. After 9/11 when the Taliban regime overthrew by international alliance, the dilemma of Afghan women recognized internationally and beside many other issues, it situated …