Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Media committee of the Independent Election Commission has told candidates to refrain from early election campaigns, warning it will prosecute the violators. The IEC media panel addressing a press conference on Monday said the candidates who will be throwing their hats in the ring for the forthcoming …

By Pashtana Durrani-Most of the schools in the rural areas are shut down because of security risks or that they don’t have enough resources to run the school. Which leads to students not attending school, and that leads to stunted learning curve-children especially girls dropping out from schools. The children …

AT-Kabul: Ministry of Public Healthon Sunday said that the latest case of polio virus has been detected in Uruzgan province, marking the need for increased community engagement in polio eradication. This case of an 11-month old boy from Shaheed-e-Hassas districtmarks the 13th child needlessly paralyzed from polio this year. Afghanistan has more cases of polio …

In his book ‘Every day is extra’, Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry touts former Afghan President Hamid Karzai as a shrewd and calculating President. He says, “Karzai was shrewd and calculating. He was going to make the next Afghan government own the status of forces agreement for …

Members of the Meshrano Jirga have conveyed their support to opposition parties for closing regional offices of the Independent Election Commission in several provinces. Supporters of the majority opposition alliance on Saturday closed provincial offices of the IEC in Kandahar, Balkh and Herat provinces in protest to the ‘government’s disregarding …

AT-KABUL: An agricultural farm will be built in Sherana city in southern Paktika province, officials said Sunday, a project that will help boost agriculture yields in the southern region often stereotyped as volatile. Provincial officials on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the farm,a milestone and modern project which will …

With current visit of Pakistani Foreign Ministry to Afghanistan, and his discussion with Afghan leaders at somehow displaced something unexpected to take place in Pakistan. Nothing could be better than shunning project of sponsoring terrorism and sheltering them in their soil. All the Taliban leaders were killed there. There had …

In his book ‘Every day is extra’, John Kerry narrates an exhilarating account of his encounter with the erstwhile President Hamid Karzai and calls him ‘a charming and emotional patriot who wanted a united Afghanistan. In his memoir, Kerry enthuses that Karzai was an outgoing president. He writes, “I plunged …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Angry loyalists to the majority opposition alliance shut down four regional offices of the Independent Election Commission on Saturday against what they called the government’s refusal to cave to the demands of politicians in regards with election reforms, sparking fears about further delay in long-dragged parliamentary elections. …

AT News Report-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met on Saturday in Kabul and discussed counter-terrorism and Afghan peace process, in the maiden visit of Pakistan’s top diplomat to the country. Pakistani top diplomat arrived in Kabul early on Saturday to meet with Afghan leaders …