Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Eleven civilians were killed and at least 40 others wounded Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up targeting a tribal elder Saturday in the eastern Kunar province, provincial officials said. “The bomber detonated his explosives in front of a market located near the governor’s office and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 12 people were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack in Kabul Saturday afternoon, security officials said, an incident following the Kunar suicide attack earlier the day. “A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the visitors’ gate of the Ministry of …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Children’s Literature Home (a non-profit organization helping children in education) opened a relief fund on Saturday to collect aid for improvement of children’s literature. Lack of appropriate books for children in the educational system has been considered the reason for the youth to establish the Home …

AT-KABUL: Forty-eight Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. “The National Army launched in a series of joint operations with the national police and National Directorate of Security (NDS) have in different …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan army’s Special Forces in an operation released 35 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southern Helmand province, defense ministry said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Nad Ali district, it said in a statement. “The hostages were five women, five men and 25 …

By M. Nadeem Alizai-Pakistan has been major host of Afghan refugees since 1979 when the then Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Currently, around 1.5 million registered and over one million unregistered Afghan refugees live in the country. Since ouster of the Taliban from power in 2002, the UN High Commissioner for …

AT-KABUL: A former minister and critical politician accused the government of “violating the constitution and deceiving people”, demanding for a prematurely presidential election. “We demand for the early presidential election to remove the distance between government and the nation,” said the two-time minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi, who leads a newly …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Civil Society Network for Elections criticized delay in the electoral bodies’ reforms, saying that further postponement would mar political stability. “Government has no strong political intention to bring reforms in electoral bodies, thus,” said the civil society executive chief Habiburrahman Nang. He emphasized that reforms must …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: For the first time Afghanistan and Pakistan nodded for a joint fight where it seems a win-win situation for both the countries, and that’s a joint fight against polio, a crippling disease which left a large number of children in uncertain situation in the two neighboring countries. …

Anti-corruption strategies of the National Unity Government (NUG) are drawn-out and had fallen far short of the objectives. The teetering drives against corrupt official will continue to face the same fate and traumatize the already troubled nation. Reason behind the failure is very clear. Authorities are not fighting corruption wholeheartedly. …