Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan law enforcement agencies arrested seven people in connection with drug-related crimes, and have been sentenced to short and long incarceration in the past one month. The courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in a statement said the primary and appeal court of CJTF …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 38 militants have been killed and 19 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense in a statement on Tuesday said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …

By Sayed Niyam Alami With the Afghan Presidential elections forthcoming, as many as 18 Afghan presidential hopefuls have registered their candidacies. In October 2018, we witnessed the third round of parliamentary elections with pervasive rigging and mismanagement. This year we are about to take part in the fourth term of …

AT News Report KABUL:  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khand has issued instructions to let registered Afghan refugees open bank accounts in the country. “I haveissued instructions today (Monday) that Afghan refugees who are registered can open bank accounts and from snow onwards they can participate in the formal economy of …

Prior to resuming of peace dialogues at Doha Qatar, media made reports regarding US and Russia’s willingness of lifting ban on movement of Taliban leaders and departure from Pakistan and landing of Taliban Tehrik co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Biradar at Doha. Both the developments, hopefully would pose positive impacts on …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 70 militants have been killed and 23 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration …

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Monday said that over 800 displaced families in Badghis and Jawzjan provinces have been provided with humanitarian assistance. MoRR in a statement said the provincial department of refugee in cooperation with Save the Children, UNICEF and IRC granted 703 …

AT News Reports KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah expressed concerns over uncertainty in the independent election commissions, emphasizing that appointing of the electoral commissioners was government’s priority. “Election should be seriously preserved, the government’s priority is to appoint the electoral commissioners,” Abdullah told the council of ministers’ weekly meeting on …

AT News Report KABUL: The Police Special Forces freed 10 police officers being in Taliban’s captivity for 48 days in the Chemtal district of Balkh province, interior ministry said. These officers met acting interior minister Masoud Andarabi on Monday, who distributed police uniforms to them, saying that the ministry was …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani met on Monday with Huseyin Avni Botsali, ambassador of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to Kabul, discussing the Afghan peace process and the upcoming consultative Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) planned to be held next month to discuss the peace efforts. Botsali said …