Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: United Nations rapporteur Katharina Merkel, at the helm of a team, traveled to western Herat province to reiterate UN’s support to support education sector in Afghanistan. Accompanied by James Darcey, UN rapporteur met with Herat’s education director Abdullah Ameni and discussed ways to enhance the education system …

AT News KABUL: Afghan officials are warning of heavy rains this week, mainly in 19 provinces across Afghanistan. Afghanistan Department of Meteorology issued a warning saying there is a possibility of landslides and flooding. In a warning, they said heavy rains and floods could be expected on Monday and Tuesday …

AT News KABUL: The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, has been on mission to persuade European government and their ambassadors to return to Afghanistan to return to Afghanistan.   Insisting that Norway has also recognized Afghanistan as a country for decades, Egeland said that regimes and governments …

AT News KABUL: Officials from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed ways to deepen the bilateral trade ties and to expand transit architecture inside Afghanistan during a recent government-level meeting. During a grand meeting between Afghan and Turkmenistan foreign ministry and transport officials and representatives of customs, trade, and oil and …

AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai and Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund were among world leaders congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won Sunday’s historic run-off election. Thousands of the Afghan refugees in Turkey also celebrated Erdogan’s win in the election. Erdogan’s landmark win is …

AT News KABUL: A new United Nations report has found that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar are among the hunger hotspots in the world, warning of increasing acute food insecurity in these countries. The report said Afghanistan and several African countries remain at the highest concern level. Deepening economic shocks continue to drive …

AT News KABUL: An Iranian official has said that any conflict with Afghanistan over border and water disputes would be “detrimental” to both of them, just in the wake of an outbreak of border clashes between Iranian border guards and Taliban fighters on Sunday. Director of Iranian Foreign Ministry’s South …

AT News KABUL: Taliban leadership is adopting soft diplomacy in its relations with neighboring countries amid recent tensions with neighboring Iran over border and water disputes. The Islamic Emirate’s Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir in a meeting with Pakistani embassy charge d’affaires in Kabul Obaid Rahman Nizamani said Afghanistan wants “good …

AT News KABUL: The European Union representatives have called for the continuation of humanitarian assistance from the international community for Afghanistan’s people as the country is grappling with crippling economic and humanitarian hurdles. In a meeting of European Union and Central Asian Special Representatives for Afghanistan on Friday in Turkmenistan, …

AT News KABUL: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 rocked northern Afghanistan on Sunday morning with its tremors jolting parts of India. The quake struck at 79 kilometers southeast of Faizabad in Badakhshan province and its epicentre was at a depth of 220 kilometers under the earth’s surface, according to India’s …