Afghanistan Times

HERAT CITY: The death toll from a horror head-on collision in western Herat province on Wednesday stands at eight including four women and two children; 13 others were wounded in the traffic accident, an official said. The accident occurred in the Sahra-i-Asar Khak locality of Adrasakan district early in the …

AT Monitoring Desk:-SAR-I-PUL CITY: Suspended telecommunication services at nights in parts of northern Sar-i-Pul province have sparked anger amongst local people. Some residents of the Payeen Kent area of the province say nighttime suspension of telecommunication services have become a nuisance for people. Abdul Raziq, a leader of Imam Jaffar …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan has rejected Russia’s claims over ‘unknown choppers’ landing in the militants-held areas as ‘baseless’, asking Moscow to share its evidences. Russia has frequently expressed concerns over the landing of what it calls unknown helicopters in the militants-held areas in Afghanistan, asking for US explanation. Ministry of defense said …

AT-KABUL: Instability and insecurity have triggered a substantial surge in poppy cultivation in tumultuous areas as senators claim that farmers cultivate opium thrice a year in certain areas. Members of the Senate called insecurity, unemployment, lack of rule of law and alternative livelihood as the incentives behind the increase in …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has called for intensified struggle and mobilized national movement and unity to achieve a sustainable peace. At a conference, the president said the rule of law as well as the role of jihadi and tribal elders was important to put an end to the ongoing wars. …

Afghans are sanguine about prospects for the trans-Afghanistan pipeline, in spite of the economic tantrum and paltry investments in mega projects. Implementing an ambitious natural gas pipeline touted as ‘Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India’ or TAPI project will have a two-sided corollary; generating jobs for Afghans, and strengthening amity amongst the three South Asian …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: More than 2,848 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested and large caches of narcotics busted across Afghanistan in the past 11 months, said the interior ministry on Wednesday. Counternarcotics police forces have staged 2,468 anti-drug crackdowns and arrested 2,848 drug dealers this year, said Counter Narcotics Deputy …

AT-KABUL: A group of 14 rejected Afghan asylum seekers who were deported from Germany arrived in Kabul on Tuesday night, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday, saying they were flown back to Kabul from Munich. The deportations happened despite the Foreign Office submitting no fresh security assessment for Afghanistan. In Berlin, …

AT-KABUL: The Jamiat political party said it would sit again with the government to talk over the fate of the dismissed governor of Balkh province, Atta Mohammad Noor and other differences and problems. Mohayuddin Mahdi, a member of the party said he was hopeful the talks would have results this …

AT-KABUL: The provincial government of southern Kandahar province on Wednesday inaugurated three development projects worth 60 million Afghanis in Dand district, an official said. The development projects, comprising roads construction, repairing of schools and a retaining wall were inaugurated by deputy governor, Abdul Hanan Munib and the inauguration ceremony was …