Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the capital Kabul on Friday, via a statement carried by one of the militant group’s affiliated channels on Telegram on Sunday. The embassy came under attack on Friday and a Pakistani security guard was wounded by gunfire in …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Children’s Fund in Afghanistan or UNICEF has written on its Twitter page that it will provide cash assistance to 112,000 needy families in Afghanistan this coming winter. The tweet further states that the aid will be provided with the cooperation of two organizations from Britain …

AT Kabul: The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, has held talks with Japanese officials on humanitarian needs, human rights and political dialogue during his two-day visit to the country. “Japan has been a friend of the Afghan people and our partner there for over 20 yrs, and we …

AT Kabul: According to local media, an explosion occurred in the city of Jalalabad located in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. According to the report, the incident happened in the fourth district of this city near Sikh temple. According to the Sputnik news agency, the head of the Taliban’s Intelligence and …

AT Kabul: Today on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that an estimated 15 percent of Afghanistan’s population lives with disability. (OCHA) tweeted today saying that Afghan disables face dire situation as the humanitarian crisis is still raging in …

AT Kabul: Michael McCall, the representative of the Republican Party in the US Congress, accused the Joe Biden administration of creating obstacles to the process of monitoring the aid of the United States to Afghanistan since August 2021. Michael McCall has strongly criticized the non-cooperation of these agencies with SIGAR …

On Friday, two separate attacks in Kabul targeted Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, and Obaidul Rahman Nizamani, the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, said in a video message that the attackers “in women’s clothes and chador/burqa” entered his residence and were wearing explosive vests. …

AT News Kabul: As many as 875,000 children in Afghanistan are at risk of severe wasting, the United Nations agency for children said on Tuesday. Sam Mort, chief of communication of UNICEF in Afghanistan, said on Twitter that the organization needs urgent support to prevent and treat malnourished boys and …

AT News Kabul: The Office of the United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction “SIGAR” says that the United States has helped Afghanistan with 1.1 billion dollars in the past year. In the latest case, SIGAR wrote on his Twitter that the US is still the biggest donor to …

AT Kabul: Space commanders on Monday warned of a possible war in space with devastating and debilitating consequences on Earth, according to a report by The Guardian. The comments were made by senior military leaders attending the U.S. and Canada at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute conference on space as …