Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL:  Ministry of Public Works has signed two construction agreements with private companies to build a bridge in Baghlan province and a ring road 15 kilometer long in Jawzjan. “The ministry has signed contract of 15 kilometer long ring road which will be constructed in Sheberghan city of Jawzjan province. …

AT-KABUL: A group of unidentified gunmen have abducted 15 de-miners of Halo Trust organization in Kohsan district of western Herat province, officials said on Saturday. The de-miners and the four vehicles they were travelling in were seized by unknown gunmen in Shabash area of Kohsan district late on Friday afternoon. …

You cannot dare to get out when it rains in the capital city Kabul, unless you are equipped with long plastic-made boots or a small boat, because these are the essentials to walk on the sidewalks or cross the roads. Kabul, a city with more than five million residents, has …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Intelligence personnel have seized huge cache of automatic weapons, landmines and explosives in the southeastern Paktika province. The National Directorate of Security, the country’s only intelligence agency, on Friday said that its agents have seized Taliban’s weapons and ammunition in the province. Different types of weapons, explosives, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkmenistan has planned to export electricity to Afghanistan from a 400 megawatt gas-fired plant. The 400 MW Zerger plant will be built in Lebap province of Turkmenistan, approximately 600 kilometer northeast of Ashgabat. Currently, Afghanistan produces less than 300 MW from domestic source, mainly hydropower and if …

AT-KABUL: The former security officials on Friday spoke about Pakistan’s double standard on peace and security in Afghanistan. Commemorating the first death anniversary of Hikmatullah Haqmal, the ex-police chief of Grishk district of Helmand province, former Defense and Interior ministers, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, and Mohammad Omar Daudzai, said that Pakistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The president’s special envoy for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, on Friday said that regional spy agencies were supporting terrorist organizations in Afghanistan to safeguard their interests. Addressing a gathering on the first death anniversary of Hakmatullah Haqmal, the former police chief of Grishk district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The acting provincial chief of the High Peace Council (HPC) on Friday said that Daesh was offering good salary to recruit fighters in Ghazni province. Khalilullah Hotak told Afghan Pajhwok News that the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, is active in the province and recruiting people …

Till recent it was believed that unemployment had been the byproduct of insecurity which pushed backed the investors. However, on Wednesday the reason became clear. The government is main force involved in joblessness which compelled thousands of youths to leave the country in search of better future. Seeing no ray …

At least eight people were injured as a violent fight between Syrian and Afghan refugees broke out at Piraeus Port on Wednesday night, the Hellenic Coast Guard says. More than 5,000 migrants and refugees are stranded at Greece’s biggest port waiting to be transferred to accommodation centers. The bad living …