Afghanistan Times

AT-Kabul: Afghanistan Land Authority – ARAZI – has surveyed over 1.2 acres of state-owned land through the State Land Bank in 28 provinces of the country. A statement said the survey began on late April based on a president’s decree, and more than one million and two hundred thousand acres …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Directorate said Monday it has killed at least 8 members of the Islamic State group in raids in eastern Nangarhar province, the latest operation against IS strongholds there. A statement issued by National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that intelligence special detachment operatives have conducted operation …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lawmakers on Monday once again urged the administration of President Ghani to reassess the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, a pact they believe has failed in bringing about stability in the conflict-ridden country. Legislators argued that they had sanctioned the bilateral pact in hope …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan refuted the news that it has expressed readiness to talk on restoration of Afghanistan-India trade route using Pakistani’s land. “Pakistan has not agreed to consider Afghanistan-India trade through our land,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said. The rejection came after US said that Pakistan is …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Acting National Security Advisor, Atiqullah Nosher on Monday held meetings with the Executive Board of Da Afghanistan Bank and talked about the country’s economic, financial standing and prevention of outlaw of dollars from the country. On Sunday Central Bank of Afghanistan (CBA) raised concerns about increase in …

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 …