Afghanistan Times

AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan political pundits supported on Saturdaya two-week deadline issued by political parties on the government to ensure a transparent and nationwide vote. Political parties and coalitions on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district …

AT News Report-KABUL: Kabul Airport is set to generate more revenues as surveillance costs have lowered thanks to a new air space control system, Civil Aviation Directorate said Saturday. A modern air space control system was inaugurated by President Ghani on Thursday in Hamid Karzai international airport. Civil Aviation Director …

AT News Report-KABUL: Political heavyweights and coalition representatives on Friday moved to proclaim their stance on the country’s ongoing fundamental issues including reconciliation effort and elections and made a landmark peace proposition. Ex-president Hamid Karzai too declared his support to a unanimous proposition of the political coalition for constituting of …

AT News Report-KABUL: A sum of 35 election hopefuls was removed on Saturday by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission from the final list of parliamentary elections’ candidates. This deletion comes as the complaints panel had commissioned earlier this month a board to investigate links of some candidates with illegal armed …

At the eve of the legislative and district council elections, a number of people representing political parties and civil society bodies called on the national unity government to pay attention to their demands over brining electoral reforms and guarantee the transparency of the elections. As a country stepping up towards …

By Prithwi Tilak Banerjee-During Pakistan’s election drive, Imran Khan spoke more about corruption, than international relations. But whenever he talked about other nations taking part in the regional politics, it was in an accusatorial tone, mostly to blame international players for machination against him, and Pakistan. That might have been …

The notorious terrorist group, Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh is in rapid recoil as the Afghan security forces continues to strike them from air and ground. It’s crystal clear that there is no room for conciliation with Daesh extremists because it’s a foreign evil group that must be …

AT-KABUL: Political parties and movements on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections. Leaders and representatives of political parties issued the two-week deadline in a gathering in Kabul, urging the government to carry out their …

AT-KABUL: The second meeting of India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Development Cooperation (JWG-DC) was hosted in Kabul on August 9, 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by Shri T. S. Tirumurti, India’s Secretary of Economic Relations, and Ismail Rahimi, Afghan Deputy Minister of Policy and Technical Affairs of Ministry of Economy. …

AT-KABUL: In a coordinated attack on southern Ghazni city, the Taliban suffered heavy casualties as more than 150 militants were killed and wounded after security forces countered the assault and repelled the rebels, police said on Friday. As clashes ensued for several hours, four security personnel were killed and several …