Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) termed the role of civil society important in the election process, saying that without their cooperation, transparence in election is not possible. “Civil society is playing the role of eyes for the commission,” the IECC chief, Abdul Aziz Aryayi said in …

India has always proved herself as a time-tested friend of Afghan people and government. India as a democratic country is doing all what is in her capacity to strengthen foundation of democracy in Afghanistan. Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in the war-hit country are not the only concerns of New Delhi. …

AT-KABUL: The World Bank (WB) donated $83.5 million incentive funds to the ministry of finance for reforms in key sectors, official said Monday. “The funds will paid to the ministry based on commitments it made to bring reforms in 5 key sections,” Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi said. “The funds will …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto called on the Taliban to participate in peace talks with the national government, stressing that the conflict in the country has no military solution and the only path to a meaningful peace is through intra-Afghan dialogue. “The Taliban leadership must reconsider …

AT-KABUL: The United Stated military confirmed that a US airstrike killed two top leaders of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in an operative in eastern Kunar province in October. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the assault that killed Bilal al-Utabi Qahtani’s deputy, as well as Abd al-Wahid al-Junabi described as “a …

AT-KABUL: At least 24 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours. In a press release Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) has …

AT-KABUL: Efforts by Afghan security forces underway to rescue abducted ICRC employee in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province, a police source said Tuesday. Mahfuzullah Akbari, the police spokesman for northeastern zone said that security forces were trying to secure safe release of the abducted ICRC employee in Kunduz province. The staff …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people died and 13 others wounded in a traffic accident in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said Monday. The accident took place early morning when a passenger bus collided with a trailer in the Faizabad-Keshm highway, said Masoud Arshad, provincial police spokesman. “At least seven people …

AT-KABUL: Defense Ministry said Monday that Taliban insurgents failed to capture strategic city of Kunduz in the north and Helmand provinces in the south despite repeatedly carrying out attacks. “The Taliban insurgents used all effort to capture the two strategic cities besides aiming to capture several other provinces,” defense minister …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) announced that saffron cultivation and product unprecedentedly increased this year in the country. Asadullah Zamir, agriculture minister declared that saffron-cultivated areas have increased 250% reaching to 2,811 hectares. He said that the coverage areas in the past 15 years were 1,020 hectares.  …