Afghanistan Times
‘400km square lands newly contaminated with landmines, unexploded devices’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Despite spending of millions of dollars in mine clearance program in the past decades still mine blast and unexploded ammunitions deemed as big challenge in Afghanistan, as averagely 142 people being killed or sustained injuries by mine and …
Read More »Using extremism won’t serve Pakistan, West’s interests: Karzai
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that the use of Taliban and extremism would not serve Pakistan and the West’s interests in Afghanistan. He called Taliban as part of the Afghan population, used by Pakistani authorities. “Unfortunately, our brotherly country Pakistan with the West and some other countries felt that …
Read More »Editorial: Freedom of expression
After collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001, Afghanistan has gained numerous achievements in every front, and one of it was freedom of expression. The country has never before had more news outlets comparing today as there are hundreds print media, tens of television stations, hundreds of radio stations and …
Read More »18 drug traffickers arrested
AT-KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has arrested 18 drug runners in the past one week, security officials said on Monday. “Eighteen drug smugglers were apprehended by CNP through different crackdown and were handed over to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings,” CJTF said in a statement. It …
Read More »59 militants killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 59 insurgents have been killed in counter-terrorism operation carried out by Afghan security forces during past 24 hours across the country, security officials said on Monday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Interior said the counter-terrorism operations have been conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Khost, …
Read More »Pakistan: Change of Guards
A journey of peoples that have witnessed crossroads of history By Zulfiqar Shah-Indus civilization ages seven thousand years. Pakistan is just seventy. Sindh and Balochistan together are the core of the Indus civilization that can be called Sindh civilization. Each brick of Maher Garh, a 5000 BC archeological site of …
Read More »ED: Wrong perception
Perception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. Perception can be split into two processes. Firstly, processing sensory input, which transforms these low-level information to higher-level information. Secondly, processing which is connected with a person’s concepts and expectations and selective mechanism that influence perception. It is …
Read More »Campaign to boost up women’s role kicks off
AT News Report-KABUL: An International Campaign titled “Women for Change” has been kicked off on Sunday to foster women’s role in different aspects of the society and politics. This campaign has been initiated by Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA), Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN), …
Read More »US strike is clearly aggression against a sovereign Syria: Russia
The United States conducted strikes against Syrian government troops in the early hours of April 7, using chemical weapons attacks in Idlib Province as a pretext. The US opted for a show of force, for military action against a country fighting international terrorism without taking the trouble to get the …
Read More »More than one million Afghans suffer from depressive disorders
AT News Report-Kabul: Minister of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said that, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent estimation showed that more than a million Afghans suffer from depressive disorders and over 1.2 million suffer from anxiety disorders in the country, actual figures are likely to be much higher than …
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