Afghanistan Times

AT-CHARIKAR: Increasing women’s participation in the upcoming elections was the focus of an UN-backed event in Charikar city, the capital of Parwan province. Led by Parwan Governor Fazulldin Ayar and other senior provincial officials, the event drew participants from Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir, representing civil society, women’s organizations, media and …

Arbitrary house searches have gone far beyond what is necessary. It would also seem to run counter to internationally accepted counterinsurgency strategy, which calls for respecting people as well as their rights. US forces routinely used military force when carrying out house searches in Afghanistan, sometimes with insufficient regard to …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s national security adviser Haneef Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nasser Janjua discussed the Afghan peace process, two-pronged relations, regional security and an end to state sponsored terrorism in Afghanistan. The Pakistani delegation, headed by Nasser Janjua held meeting with top leadership of the Unity Government …

AT-KABUL: Intelligence operatives have discovered and seized around 200kg hashish during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province. The Afghan intelligence operatives succeeded to discover and confiscate around 200kg hashish in a crackdown conducted in Police District 6th of Jalalabad, the provincial capital, Nangarhar Provincial Press Office said on Sunday in …

AT-KABUL: At least 74 militants have been killed and 13 others sustained injuries in different crackdowns across the country conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security official said on Sunday. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s ministry of health on Sunday revealed that over $625 million worth of basic drugs are coming into the country every year as imports, in spite of an expanding domestic pharmaceutical production. Over $400 million worth of basic drugs are coming into the country every year as imports, threatening …

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KABUL: A ten year old girl was hospitalized in northern Jawzjan province after she was raped, officials said on Sunday. The 10 years old girl was sexually assaulted in Dasht-i-Laili area of Qoshtepa district of the province on Saturday evening, the provincial public health director said. At the outset, she …

AT-KABUL: Five policemen embraced martyrdom and two others received injuries after the Taliban insurgents attacked their check-post in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday. Ghazni Police Chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News the early Sunday morning attack took place in Qala Qazi area. He said …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to “indirectly” pressure Pakistan in its upcoming session scheduled to be held in India to convince Islamabad lift obstacles put before Afghan trade. The 11th WTO session is to be held in New Delhi and will …