Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: Torkham Border, a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has reopened for passengers and trade transit. The Torkham border was closed on Sunday evening of transit for travelers and goods. The Information and Culture Department of Nangarhar province announced in a statement that this crossing was reopened …

AT Kabul: The Khorasan branch of ISIS confirmed the death of Ejaz Amin Ahangar known as Abu Osman Al-Kashmiri, a senior member of this group in southern Afghanistan. This group said in a statement that al-Kashmiri was killed on February 14 in a conflict between the Taliban and ISIS in …

AT News Kabul: Senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan met on Wednesday in Kabul to discuss ways to ease rising diplomatic and border tensions between the two neighbors. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif along with a high-level delegation, which also included Lt. Gen. Anjum Naveed, the head of the country’s …

AT Kabul: A judge in US has ruled that family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not entitled to Afghan frozen assets seized by the US government. In the ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge George Daniels said “The perpetrators – not the Afghan people …

AT Kabul: Employees who have served for a lifetime and used their experience and knowledge to improve good governance, develop infrastructure now face ample of economic problems. About 18 months have passed since the fall of the government and non-payment of retired employee pensions and authorities not providing a convincing …

AT Kabul: The ancient Silk Road, an overland route linking the East and the West, spanning thousands of miles, with its longest part lying across the territory of Central Asia, has embodied the spirit of cooperation, mutual learning and mutual benefit for years. Since China proposed the Belt and Road …

AT Kabul: Pakistan Human Rights Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Sunday said, the former ISI chief Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members back to the country, but his plan backfired, Pakistan based Dawn newspaper reported. He said that: “At that time, General Faiz …

AT News Kabul: A delegation from the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives visited Tajikistan and met with the ambassador of former Afghan government on Monday. “Zahir Aghbar”, the ambassador of former Afghan government in Tajikistan, announced that a delegation from the foreign affairs committee of …

AT Kabul: Shops in Uruzgan province were closed by authorities due to their usage of Pakistani rupees. Officials of the committee for Afghani Promotion said that the usage of foreign currency has been banned in this province and will deal legally with violators. “We will keep this process going until …

AT News Kabul: As China’s trade with Afghanistan has been growing fast, the “Silk Road” report indicates that China is considering Afghanistan’s participation in “Belt and Road” initiative that turn Afghanistan as second largest trading partner for China, after Pakistan in 2023. Silk Road Briefing (SRB) provides global and regional …