Afghanistan Times

Anti-polio drives have begun. The Ministry of Public Health recently announced the launch of a campaign to administer polio vaccines to children countrywide, amid fears anti-polio workers may not reach out to over one million children due to widespread unrest. But a very shocking fact has revealed and that is …

Afghanistan had been a nonaggressive, nonviolent, pro-democratic, multiracial and a calm nation and the world was at awe of it. That is history now. Now that calm country is no longer at peace. The country is now war-shattered, conflict-stricken, and politically, economically and socially challenged – where the political atmosphere …

AT-KABUL: German government is supporting the peace process in Afghanistan, German’s State Secretary for the Federal Foreign Office, Andreas Michaelis, told Afghan National Security Advisor, Hanif Atmar in a telephonic conversation on Tuesday. The national Security Council said in a statement that the Atmar and Michaelis also spoke on the …

KABUL: British Ambassador to Kabul in a disgraceful statement has said that war and insecurity has become a part of lives of the Afghan people. Following his country’s dual game regarding Afghanistan, Sir Nicholas Kay has called on the leaders of Afghanistan to avoid political games in the peace process, …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has voiced optimism over the upcoming religious meeting scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia, calling it “important” to help endthe conflict and bring peace to the war-weary nation. The council’s spokesman, Sayed EhsanTaheri, said Tuesday that clerics from 36 Islamic countries were scheduled to …

AT-KABUL: A major counter-terrorism campaign across the country has resulted in the killing of more than 60 insurgents as 36  others were hurt in the past day. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) …

AT-KABUL: The first migrant resource centre was set up in Kabul as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation in joint venture with the International Centre for the Development of Migration Policy. The refugee ministry in a statement said the centre will provide clear, accessible and …

AT-KABUL: After the arrest of a top commander loyal to Junbish Milli Party over an alleged brawl, the first vice-president Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in exile has warned the government of national unity his ally Nizamuddin Qaisari’s unjustifiable incarceration will have consequences that could challenge the forthcoming elections. Nizamuddin Qaisari, …

AT-KABUL: Some eleven suspects have been arrested over charges of drug trafficking in the past week, according to the court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF). CJTF said on Tuesday that 11 drug traffickers were arrested by the Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdowns in various provinces and were handed …

AT-KABUL: Three militants from Islamic State (IS), widely known as Daesh extremist group were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, government media office said Tuesday in a statement, adding three of them were planning to carry out suicide attacks. The Daesh extremists detained in an operation conducted by National Directorate of …