Afghanistan Times

AT-Kabul: The Ministry of Public Health, in joint venture with the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch the second spring round of National Immunization Days (NIDs) for polio eradication in 2017 today, the ministry said in a statement. More than …

AT-KABUL: At least 27 militants were killed and 20 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Sunday signed an agreement with Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute to provide vocational trainings to 1,000 youth in Kabul, Helmand and Laghman provinces. The project will last one year with an expense of 70 million Afs. “Running of this training program aimed to …

AT-KABUL: The Interior Ministry (MoI) in a statement on Sunday said that Taliban’s shadow deputy governor and shadow district governor, including six other militants have been killed in an operations conducted by the Afghan Special Forces in Samanagan province on Saturday. The statement added that the Taliban’s shadow deputy governor …

AT Monitoring Desk Report-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Sunday has said that 50 schoolgirls have been poisoned in the third education district of the capital Kabul. The ministry spokesperson, Muhammad Kabir Haqmal told Pajhwok Afghan News, the students were affected from toxic substance during an event, ‘Supporting Education …

The recent remark of the US officials regarding Pakistan-based terrorists is at somehow projecting America’s interest in bringing peace in Afghanistan by eliminating their (militants) hideouts in Pakistan soil. A top US spymaster has said that Pakistan-based terrorists groups are “planning to attack” both India and Afghanistan. Islamabad has failed …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least 40 militants were killed and 43 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT News Report-KABUL: Three civilians were martyred in bomb blast took place Saturday in Kabul city, police said. “Three civilians including two women and a child were killed after a magnetic bomb attached to a vehicle went off in the Police District 9,” said Salem Almas, head of investigation department …

Over 2000 projects heaped up in National Procurement Committee By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament expressed deepest concerns over heaping up of projects in procurement committee and asked government to take measure for solution. “Based on reports, 2,291 projects have been heaped up by …

Hundreds of millions of dollars from the oil import are not paid to the government treasury, according to media reports. About four million tons of oil is annually imported to Afghanistan, from which, the government receives tax of the only 1,300,000 tons, while nearly 2,700,000 tons enter the country without …