Afghanistan Times
AT News Report KABUL: Dozens of young athletes set offa running competition on the occasion of the New Year and support peace process in the northern province of Kunduz. Abdul QayyoumRahimi, head of provincial sports department said on Wednesdaycontents in other sports fields would be also launched there during different …
Read More »Afghanistan welcomes Khalilzad’s new tour effective for inclusive peace
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council says it welcomes the new round of the US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad to Europe and Asia, calling it effective to gain a comprehensive peace. Khalilzad started visits from March 25 during which he is scheduled to go to …
Read More »Drought a big threat for Kabul residents
AT News Report KABUL: Residents of Kabul are worried about drought crisis, saying that the water surface has downed in some parts of the city and they facemany problems to get access to pure water. “We face a big water problemas all the wells are dried in our area,” said …
Read More »Daesh, Taliban clashes displace 2,000 families in Kunar
AT News Report KABUL: Some 2,000 families in the eastern province of Kunar were displaced from their homes as clashes between Taliban and Daesh terrorist group erupt, provincial officials confirmed. The battles took place in the Chapa Dara. KhalilullahKhalili, district governor said Wednesday that the villages of Nanglam and Digel …
Read More »“Baloch’s genocide begun in Pakistan”
AT News Report KABUL: Social Council of Baloch tribes on Wednesday said that Pakistan began genocide of Balochs living there, where according to them, over 46,000 Baloch either killed or disappeared by Pakistani Military personnel. The members of Baloch Council said this in a meeting on the occasion of the …
Read More »Campaign to reduce maternal mortality rate begins
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health in cooperation with related organs on Wednesday commenced a campaign titled “Commitment to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan”, in order to decrease maternal mortality ratio to 70 in each 100,000 live births to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. During the ceremony …
Read More »Abdullah denounces Imran Khan’s meddling comments
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in reaction to remarks made by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan over an interim administration in Afghanistan, said that “no country has the right to make decision on Afghanistan”. Khan was quoted on Monday by Pakistani media as saying that an interim …
Read More »Editorial: Carefully scripted remarks
Though Pakistan has clarified but its Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent statement, suggesting transfer of power to an interim set up in Kabul, was met with sharp reaction throughout the world. Beside others, the US Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad has also shown resentment over such a statement. The Afghans …
Read More »Afghanistan should no longer be an arena of great powers rivalry: China
AT News Report KABUL: Chinese Ambassador in Kabul Liu Jinsong met at the Embassy with Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Ambassador Liu said that the situation in Afghanistan is at a critical stage. China …
Read More »34 drug traffickers arrested in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior on Wednesday said the Counter Narcotics Cell have arrested 34 suspects in connection of drug trafficking in southern Kandahar province. These traffickers were detained by Counter Narcotics Police in a fresh crackdown in Kandahar airport, said the interior ministry in a statement. The …
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