Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Employees of the independent electoral complaints commission in Badakhshan province say their colleagues in the headquarters in Kabul should be punished for corruption. They also accused the commission’s head office of corruption and officials in the commission had changed the votes for the favor of some candidates who gave …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday appointed his economic advisor Ajmal Ahmadi as acting Minister of Commerce and Industries. “In line with the paragraph 13 of article 64 of the constitution of Afghanistan, the appointment of Mr. Ajmal Ahmadi as acting of minister of commerce and industries of the Islamic …

KABUL: The United States top military officer in Afghanistan has said that no party will win the Afghan war, a statement that is apparently supporting his civil colleagues who are in a hurry to end Washington’s longest war without a result for both Kabul and Washington. General Scott Miller, who …

KABUL: As opposition of US Senate Republications is growing over Afghanistan drawdown, President Donald Trump reiterated on Tuesday his rhetoric considering withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. In his State of the Union address hours after the Senate voted overwhelmingly for keeping US forces in Afghanistan, Trump defended his position and recalled …

KABUL: Security and army troops carried out in the last day heroic operations which led to clearing many areas of rebels, as negotiations between Afghan politicians and the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan are taking momentum. The army, police and intelligence forces killed at least eight Taliban insurgents and …

KABUL: Seven criminals have been arrested for drug smuggling in provinces of Kabul, Herat and Nangarhar, police authorities said Wednesday. Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) arrested three smugglers with 3270 tablets of K during operations in different PDs in eastern Nangarhar city, said a statement issued by Ministry of Interior (MoI). …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Education Ministryhas drafted a policy aimed at improving women’s education system and addressing their challenges in Afghanistan. The minister of education Mirwais Balkhi talking in a gathering on Wednesday said that the policy would pave the ground for women to get access to the education and reduce the …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiators on second day of the Moscow meeting on Wednesday express hope the talks with the rebel Taliban will yield positive outcome, calling it as ‘constructive’ towards restoring peace in Afghanistan. The conference that kicked off a day earlier in Moscow and resumed on Wednesday is aimed at …

KABUL: Unknown gunmen killed two employees of a local radio station in Taliqan city of Takhar province on Tuesday night, according to authorities. Spokesman for Takhar Police Abdul Khalil Asir said unknown gunmen entered the Radio Hamsada office in Taliqan on Tuesday night and opened fire on staff, killing two. …

KABUL: The World Bank signed on Wednesday a $325 million grant deal with the Finance Ministry to fund economic development, social services and institutional reforms in Afghanistan. Acting Minister of Finance and Chief Advisor on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi and World Bank Country …