Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The presence of local and foreign insurgents in north-eastern Badakhshan province caused huge obstacles against polio vaccination drive as more than hundred children were deprived from polio vaccine, health officials said on Tuesday. Public health official Syed Farooq Nasar told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of local …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation vowed Tuesday it would standardize public transportation system in Kabul and provinces within three years. “People will witness great changes in transportation system in Kabul and provinces,” said transportation minister Mohammadullah Batash. He confirmed challenges in urban and rural transportation …

Afghan children are facing several and severe challenges. They are the most deprived segment of the society. Little attention has been paid to their education. Children healthcare facilities are visible only on government papers, particularly in remote parts of the country. There is no denying that malnutrition and child mortality …

Afghanistan’s Former President Hamid Karzai appealed to people of Kashmir not to be used by Pakistan for vested interests. He called upon people to learn from Afghanistan’s example. Speaking to CNN-NEWS18 he said, “We also thought a foreign power was helping us do the right thing but then the foreign …

KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said the United States has turned a blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghan frontiers. In an interview with Sophie Shevardnadze, a correspondent for the television network RT, the former Afghan president said that Afghanistan is insecure, the Taliban have gained more territory, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), a state-run electricity structure on Monday released a list revealed that shows government officials, members of parliament and powerful figures have owed AFN3.3 billion for electricity bill only in Kabul. “Governmental offices owed AFN 1.6 billion, factories AFN 783 million and residential …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:A majority of representatives in Wolesi Jirga have demanded disqualification of ministers who were not capable to spend 50 percent budgetary allocation in the ongoing fiscal year. First Deputy Speak, Haji ZahirQadir has chaired Monday’ssession and said that the lawmakers have the responsibility to summon ministers and question …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that a terror plan was thwarted in the eastern Laghman province. Intelligence operatives arrested three terrorists, who planned to conduct suicide attacks by using a motor bike full of explosives and a magnetic bomb in Mehtarlam center of Laghman province, …

Afghanistan is seen as a land of opportunities by warlords and powerful individuals. They are always part of the system whether they are sitting in the power corridor or outside. Their say always matter especially when Afghans have such a weak central government. Whenever the government ignores them for the …

KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said the United States has turned a blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghan frontiers. In an interview with Sophie Shevardnadze, a correspondent for the television network RT, the former Afghan president said that Afghanistan is insecure, the Taliban have gained more territory, …