Afghanistan Times

Polio is a dangerous disease injects to body and case a crippling virus. It attacks the nervous system of human body. Children under 5-year are mostly prone to this endemic disease. Efforts to eradicate polio around the world began in 1988, with support of World Health Organization (WHO), the Rotary …

AT-MEHTARLAM: Afghan women on Monday in a gathering asked that they want to play a vital role in all aspect of society, including to the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process. At an UN-backed event on women’s participation in peace and sustainable development, community leaders and government representatives gathered …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday termed insecurity and the ongoing conflict as a core obstacle ahead of its aid delivery to the needy family in 2016. “Insecurity and ramp up conflicts has drastically impeded delivery of the humanitarian aids all over the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 80 Taliban insurgents were detained and three gunmen were killed in northern Baghlan and Jawzjan Northern provinces, officials said on Monday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the Jawzjan governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces detained the militants, headed by Mullah Sheen Gul, as they tried …

Former president Hamid Karzai has urged US President Donald Trump to honour his campaign promise of dismantling terrorist camps in Pakistan. Karzai confirmed receiving letters from Barack Obama in 2012, when the outgoing US leader promised degrading terror safe havens in Pakistan, particularly for the Haqqani group and Lashkar-i-Taiba. In …

At least five people were shot dead by gunmen during evening prayers at a mosque in Quebec City in Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec on Sunday, said Mohamed Yangui, the president of mosque. “This is deplorable,” Yangui told dpa on the phone. “I just got a call from the morgue …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and industry (ACCI) on Sunday said that minimum production and shortage of market are the main obstacles for the export of Afghan goods to the China, local media reported Ariana news reported that the Afghan government and its leaders have always insisted …

AT-KABUL: Counter-narcotics police destroyed six heroin factories in southern Helmand province, security officials said on Sunday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the operation was launched in Bando village of Nowzad district of the province on late Saturday. “1090 kg of morphine, 15175 kg of ammonium chloride, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said that polio vaccination drive would restart with the technical and financial support of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to achieve the goal of polio-free Afghanistan in 2017. Afghanistan, being a war-turn …

Fifteen years after the collapse of the Taliban regime, gender equality remains a distant dream in Afghanistan. Despite claims of progress, violence against women is still at boiling point. Lobbying for women’s right has been an uphill battled in the country. After long-years and immense pressure from Afghan women’s rights …