Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan diaspora groups, activists and international organizations with the support of Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) is organizing the London Peace Conference on Afghanistan in an attempt to urgently call attention to the humanitarian crisis in the country. The Peace Conference on Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: United Nations Children’s Fund on Monday warned that child labors has risen to drastic level, announcing one child out of five Afghan children is forced to work to make a living. On the occasion of ‘World Day Against Child Labor’, UNICEF said that almost 22 percent of …

AT News KABUL: Iranian officials have said positive steps have been taken regarding the Helmand Water Rights Treaty in their negotiations with the Taliban administration. The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Nasser Kanaani, told a press conference that an agreement has been made after an Iranian delegation met with Taliban …

AT News KABUL: The UN agencies are extremely concerned at the escalation of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, urging a global action to pull millions of Afghans back from the brink. Food insecurity, acute starvation, and hunger continue to plague numerous regions worldwide, with Afghanistan ranking among the most affected countries. U.N. agencies …

AT News KABUL: An Austrian man has been arrested by the Taliban on accusations of spying and is being held in Afghanistan after he traveled to the country earlier this year, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The Austrian ministry confirmed that the man travelled to Afghanistan in May and …

AT News KABUL: A prominent human rights group on Sunday urged Pakistani police to stop expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan amid reports of several forced expulsions, arrests and mistreatment of refugee community living in that country. This comes after Afghanistan Embassy in Islamabad said last week that Pakistani police …

AT News KABUL: Iran on Sunday handed over 101 Afghan prisoners to Taliban at Nimroz border crossing. Taliban authorities said the prisoners’ return was part of an agreement between Afghanistan and Iran and the prisoners would be serving the remaining of their sentences in Afghan prisons. “As a result of …

AT News KABUL: New Delhi is planning to send another 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar port in Iran, according to news reports. India has already sent 40,000 metric tons of wheat aid through the land border with Pakistan last year. The first shipment of 2,500 tons …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have shrugged off allegations by the United Nations that their administration is harbouring Al-Qaeda and has “strong and symbiotic link” with and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A UN report has said that terrorist groups can freely manoeuver under the Taliban in Afghanistan, raising the threat of terrorism …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani security forces engaged in a firefight with terrorists in North Waziristan tribal district near Afghanistan border after militants attacked a security checkpoint triggering a shootout that left three soldiers and three militants dead, Pakistan army said Sunday. Four militants were also wounded in the overnight shootout …