Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: On the occasion of 8 March women’s international day UN, national and international organizations raised concerns about Afghan women facing challenges during the past two years.   Afghanistan is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their …

AT Kabul: The European Union Council announced on Tuesday it had sanctioned nine individuals and three entities, including two Taliban Ministers. According to EU Council, two acting Taliban ministers for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadim, and for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, who …

AT Kabul: The representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Afghanistan stated that it is reconstructing 79 irrigation projects in Afghanistan to reduce the effects of drought in this country. This organization wrote on Twitter that their actions are aimed at improving people’s access …

AT Kabul: This morning, the first meeting of special representatives of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries began its work in Tashkent, Uzbek media reported. The meeting was opened by Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev. At the meeting, the delegations of Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan …

AT Kabul: Russia has signed a memorandum on development of the coal thermal power sector in Afghanistan, Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov said in an interview with Russian media. “One month ago, businessmen from the Republic of Tatarstan signed a memorandum on development of the coal thermal power sector …

AT Kabul: Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.” It was the first time Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say …

AT Kabul: Officials of the Afghan Medical Council say that they have prepared a plan to take an exam from women applying for the Medical Council and handed over to the authorities. The Afghanistan Medical Council said that after the approval of this council’s plan by the relevant authorities, the …

AT Kabul: Universities opened across Afghanistan on Monday but women students remained barred from entering the premises to pursue education. “According to a decision by the Supreme Council for Higher Education, studies of the male students at governmental higher education institutions in the colder provinces will officially start from [March …

AT Kabul: A number of current and retired university professors have expressed concern about the economic challenges and the non-payment of their pensions in a meeting with former Afghan president, Hamid Karzai and requested the cooperation of national institutions in this regard. During the meeting former president considered the education …

AT Kabul: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has defended her government’s actions in the hours before a deadly migrant shipwreck just metre from shore, amid intensifying allegations that the tragedy could easily have been averted. The migrant vessel — an old wooden fishing boat carrying about 200 people, mostly from Afghanistan, …