Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: Russia has invited Afghanistan’s Taliban to its largest annual economic forum, signaling a potential shift in its stance towards the Islamist movement, a senior Russian diplomat revealed on Monday. Since the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021, following the US-led withdrawal after two decades of conflict, Russia has been …

AT Kabul: An attack by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, which killed six foreign tourists in central Afghanistan, has severely impacted the country’s emerging tourism sector. Joe Sheffer, founder of the Safarat tourism agency, warned that another attack could devastate Afghanistan’s tourism industry. Last Friday, gunmen killed six people, …

AT Kabul: From May 10 to 26, floods in Afghanistan damaged or destroyed 10,100 homes and displaced over 5,000 families in the northern provinces, according to a UNICEF report. Heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan on May 10 and 11, affecting 21 districts, including five in Badakhshan, 10 …

AT Kabul: The recent floods in Afghanistan have destroyed numerous water systems, as reported by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Afghanistan announced on X that many families are facing difficulties in accessing sufficient clean water for drinking, cooking, and bathing. In response, UNICEF is delivering water …

AT News KABUL – As the countdown to this year’s university entrance examination ticks away, a cloud of uncertainty hovers over the fate of female students in Afghanistan. With less than two weeks remaining, the Taliban’s silence on whether girls will be permitted to participate intensifies the anguish of aspiring …

AT News KABUL – Pakistan has asked the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists involved in the Besham terror attack on Chinese nationals. The attack, which occurred in March this year, resulted in the deaths of six people, including five Chinese nationals, when a suicide …

AT News KABUL – Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has firmly denied the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, responding to security concerns raised by Kamchybek Tashiev, chief of Kyrgyzstan’s National Security Committee. Tashiev had pointed to a concentration of terrorists in Afghanistan’s northern provinces as a significant threat. Mujahid assured …

AT Kabul: Sergey Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, accused U.S. and British intelligence agencies of supporting terrorists in Afghanistan and Central Asian countries. On Friday, May 24, TASS news agency reported Naryshkin’s claims that Al-Qaeda and ISIS were creations of U.S. and British intelligence. He made these remarks …

AT Kabul: According to statistics from British immigration organizations, 758 Afghan children crossed the English Channel and entered the UK over the past year. These organizations report that a total of 5,662 Afghans made the crossing during this period. The UK Home Office notes that 350 Afghans also arrived in …

AT Kabul: New rounds of rainstorms and flooding have claimed 17 lives and injured 11 others in northern Afghanistan’s Faryab and neighboring Sari Pul provinces over the past two days, local officials reported on Saturday. In the Lawlash district of Faryab province, 12 people have died and 11 have been …