Afghanistan Times

AT News Report-KABUL: The mullah of a mosque was killed and eight worshippers wounded in a bomb explosion inside the mosque during the Friday prayers in the Mohmand Dara district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial officials said. “The explosive was hidden in menbar (tribune) of the mosque and …

AT News Report-KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly reacted to the recent US decision, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; he believe the move would further escalate violence and instability in the Middle East. Expressing his deep concerns over the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has stressed the importance of women’s increased role in the country’s affairs and implementation of reforms, saying ‘a small minority cannot prevent positive changes.’ Ghani expressed these views during a meeting with female lawmakers at the Presidential Palace on Thursday evening. First Lady Rula …

AT News Report-KABUL: Nangarhar Women Affairs Directorate has been registered 108 cases of violence against women in past eight months of current year, nearly 100 of them already solved through the tribal local councils. Nangarhar Women Affairs Director, Anisa Emrani, said out of the 108 registered cases only 11 were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 20 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 12 other received injures in a Special Forces operation carried out in Kunduz province, local officials said on Friday. “The operation was conducted by the Special Force Unit of the Afghan National Army in Imam Sahib district in …

Without doubt, children in Afghanistan make it to school in the first place, if they do, many do not remain out of schools. However, poverty and the ongoing conflict have made them out of school, which is not their fault. We have lots of students that have not been enrolled …

AT-KABUL: Taliban shadow district chief for Hesarak district of Nangarhar province along with 14 fighters killed in special operations of the Afghan Special Forces last night, Nangarhar governor press office said Thursday. Abdul Hassan, who was working as Taliban shadow district chief for Hesarak district, was killed last night in …

AT-KABUL: A child was killed and three children and a woman were injured Thursday afternoon in blast triggered by an improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Achin district of Nangarhar. The teenage girl was killed and a woman and three other children were injured after the mine placed in a garbage …

AT-KABUL: Jihadi leader and head of Dawat Islamic party, Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf on Thursday in a press conference reiterated that he and his party and political allies don’t want the country to plunge into chaos and crises, but government have to do its best to pave the ground for …

AT-KABUL- The National Unity government expressed its “deep concerns” over US president, Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and said the decision hurt feelings of the entire Muslim world and puts the peace efforts in middle east in danger. “The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan taking …