Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Sunday said that still 80 percent of Afghan women experience or has experienced at least a type of violence in Afghanistan during their lives. After a research by global rights in 2008 showed 87 percent of Afghan women that had faced at …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the government to improve in-detention education and post rehabilitation care for young Afghans. Extensive research carried out by the UNAMA into juvenile rehabilitation centers (JRCs) indicates the need for the Afghan government to focus, in particular, on helping young Afghans …

AT-KABUL: The ministry of interior (MoI) Sunday condemned publicly hanging of a university student in strong terms and ordered the Wardak police to arrest perpetrators. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A prominent commander of the Daesh terrorist group also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed during a clash with the security forces in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Rahmatullah Hashar, the district administrative confirmed the death …

A teenage Afghan asylum seeker in Germany has been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 19-year-old medical student. Maria Ladenburger – reportedly the daughter of a top EU official – was on her way back from a party in the university city of Freiburg when she …

We see Afghanistan as hub for strengthening links of connectivity: India A secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of Herat of Asia region: Iran Ready to extend every kind of support for lasting peace in Afghanistan: Pakistan AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday blast Pakistan for exporting …

Afghan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Abdali in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18’s Parikshit Luthra said that Pakistan must make genuine efforts to fight terror. He said, there should be no good or bad terrorists and the fight against terror groups should continue. Here’s the full interview: Do you get …

The Heart of Asia summit kicked off on Saturday in New Delhi. The participating countries would give positive signals regarding Afghan peace process and development of the war-hit country. However, Afghans are not optimistic about the result that they already know. The terrorism-hit nation sees Pakistan as the root cause …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents publicly hanged a university student in the central-east of Wardak province, local officials confirmed Saturday. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was hanged to death in accusation of …

AT-KABUL: The commander of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson claimed the two countries were “legitimizing” the Taliban inside Afghanistan. In a briefing to the Pentagon, Gen. Nicholson, said: “Russia has overtly lent legitimacy to the Taliban and their narrative goes something like this that the Taliban …