Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once again revisit the ban on Afghan women staff of the UN agencies in the country from working, TOLOnews reported. Many nations and international organisations have continued to respond negatively to the prohibition. …

AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov in Kabul met with the interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mawlavi Amir Khan Motaghi. The ministry spokesman said that political, security and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and Russia were discussed in detail during this meeting. According …

AT Kabul: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by the Israeli army, assaulting worshipers and arresting several on Wednesday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. In a statement, the ministry “expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation and rejection of the …

AT Kabul: Residents of Jalalabad, the center of Nangarhar province, say that most of the citizens have limited access to potable water, but the rest of them face problems in getting clean water. Ghulam Nabi, a resident of the 4th district of Jalalabad city, says that the water supply agency …

AT Kabul: The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, UN sources told Reuters on Tuesday. “We remind …

AT Kabul: The Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Monday that the general consulate of Russia based in Mazar-e-Sharif is operating, Tolo news reported. According to the TASS report, Alexey Pereverzev was previously appointed as Russian consul general in Mazar-e-Sharif. The Afghan Foreign Ministry said that several …

AT Kabul: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared before the Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore under heavy security, wearing a bulletproof helmet and escorted by bodyguards with shields. Today (Tuesday, April 4) was the last day of Imran Khan’s bail and after his appearance in court; his temporary …

AT Kabul: Security forces have killed 16 ISIS members and arrested 15 more in separate operations of the intelligence department against ISIS hideouts in Balkh, Nimroz and Faryab provinces. As a result of the operation of the Taliban intelligence department on April 3, against the hideouts of ISIS in Naharshahi …

AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture announced that they have decided to register all journalists across Afghanistan in the Ministry’s database and distribute Press ID cards for them.  “It was decided to register all the country’s journalists at the Ministry’s database and distribute [press ID] cards for …

AT Kabul: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$5 million contribution from the Government of Japan towards its emergency response in Afghanistan. This latest funding comes at a time when WFP announced to reduce assistance in March for at least 4 million people due to a lack …