Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkmenistan provides delivery of 75 percent of all cargo arriving to Afghanistan through railway, the Turkmen Dovelt Habarlary state news service reported. “The volume of deliveries of various cargoes from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan is also increasing. A major part of these deliveries are oil products, liquefied gas. …

AT News Report-KABUL: On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November the European Union (EU) expresses its deep concerns over the high levels of violence against journalists in Afghanistan, EU said in a statement. According to Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee first …

AT News Report-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents has gone too far this time, showing their uppermost face of atrocity after killing an elderly woman in brutal manner in southwestern Helmand province; officials confirmed, saying this happened three days ago. Provincial official said that Taliban insurgents chopped of an 85-year old woman’s …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in his message issued on the 10th anniversary of deadliest terrorist attack in Baghlan, said Afghanistan direly deserved harmony and tolerance in the current situations. “Ten years back a number of public representatives, including Syed Mustafa Kazemi, former head of Hezb-i-Eqtedar Milli, and …

Identity card is a national identity, document issued to citizens of a country everywhere around the globe. Tazkira (National Identity Card) is a recognized proof of our identity, citizenship and residence. For the past few years, among other long debated issue, one was the rollout of Electronic National Identity Cards …

AT-KABUL: At least 26 militants have been killed, and nine others wounded in different crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Thursday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in …

Widespread violence is affecting the lives of many children across Afghanistan but preventable diseases and sickness, such as diarrhoea, continue to kill many more KABUL: Although the number of children under five years dying from diarrhea each year in Afghanistan has dropped below 10,000 for the first time, the disease …

AT-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president, “strongly” condemned Tuesday’s suicide bombing which killed seven civilians and wounded more than 20 in Kabul city. “Karzai called the attack an inhumane and anti-Islamic act that was carried out by the enemies of peace and stability in Afghanistan,” said a statement issued by …

AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said that 13 drug trafficker arrested in the past one week. CJTF in a press statement said that said that 13 smugglers were apprehended by Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in various provinces and were handed over to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson said that Pakistan has had long-standing ties to the Haqqni network and the Afghan Taliban. Tillerson said this while briefing US lawmakers on Monday night. Relations with the militant organisations might have helped Pakistan’s stability in the past, but they …