Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: An estimated 160,000 to 200,000 children under one year of age in Afghanistan − one in three – received zero vaccinations last year. These gaps in routine immunization coverage not only put the lives of under-vaccinated children at risk but also everyone around them, the Ministry of Public Health said in a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday called for a peace process in war-ridden Afghanistan while criticising the United Nations Security Council for its inability to handle the contemporary security challenges. Swaraj reiterated the need for bringing reforms in the UNSC to be able to …

AT-KABUL: Senators express concern over the intensifying acts of the Daesh terrorist group in the country, blaming the government for not doing well in the combat against the terrorist group. Their concerns come after a deadly attack on a voter registration center in the west of Kabul, which was claimed …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of clearing operation, the Afghan security forces have killed a key commander of notorious Daesh terrorist group in Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar province, a police official said on Tuesday. The anti-militant operation was launched in Saidor village of the district, the Provincial Police Spokesman, …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani accused some members of parliament of being involved in corruption. “Some members of parliament are involved in corruption instead of being part of the anti-corruption strategy,” Ghani said Tuesday at European Union’s fourth conference on struggle against corruption held in Kabul. He said that his administration …

AT-KABUL: The terrorist attacks on some voter registration centers cannot discourage people from attending the legislative elections, the independent election commission said, in the wake of a deadly attack targeted a voter registration center on Sunday in the west of Kabul. Some 70 civilians were killed and some 120 more …

AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 65 drug traffickers have been arrested in the past one month. CJTF in a press statement said that said that 65 smugglers were apprehended by counternarcotic police through different crackdowns in various provinces and were handed over …

AT-KABUL: Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami and several high-profile provincial officials have inspected the newly built military establishments near the zero point of the Durand Line during his visit to the southeastern province of Paktia. The minister along with provincial governor Shamim Khan Katawaziand a delegation of other senior civilian …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed twenty militants, including two members of al-Qaeda insurgents in an operation conducted in Sherzad and Khogyano districts of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces have conducted search operation in the …

AT-KABUL: An agreement has been signed between the northern governor of Badakhshan province and China’s Xinjiang province in a bid to facilitate an expansion of bilateral economic and trade relations, local officials said. In a statement on Tuesday, the provincial governor’s office said that Badakhshan governor Ahmad Faisal Begzad and …