Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: Ministry of information and culture officials have announced that the Voice of America (VOA) and Azadi radios (RFE), which were broadcasting on FM inside Afghanistan, have been stopped. Abdulhaq Hammad, the head of broadcasting supervision of the Ministry of Information and Culture, tweeted that Radio Azadi broadcasts have …

AT Kabul: Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, met with Mr. Bahadur Aminian, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul. In this meeting, while emphasizing the strengthening of good relations between the two countries, the former president expressed his gratitude for the decade long cooperation of …

AT Kabul:At least 15 people were killed and 27 others injured in an explosion in Aybak city in the center of Samangan province on Wednesday, according to a local official. Provincial spokesman Emdadullah Muhajir added that at least 20 others were also wounded in the explosion in the school in …

AT News Kabul: Indian chargés d’affaires, Bharat Kumar met Hamdullah Nomani, the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing of Afghanistan in Kabul. The Tolo news reported that The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) of Afghanistan said that the Indian chargés d’affaires, Bharat Kumar, expressed India’s interest in improving …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s customs income has almost doubled compared to last year, according to officials of the Ministry of Finance. Based on the statistics of the ministry, 61 billion Afghanis were collected during the course of the previous seven months. The Ministry of Finance’s head of customs tariffs believes that …

AT Kabul: The Department of Defense said China has taken advantage of the US bungled withdraw from Afghanistan to damage the U.S. diplomatically with its allies. In its annual report Tuesday to Congress regarding national security developments involving China, the Pentagon wrote “Chinese officials and state media outlets also repeatedly …

AT Kabul: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, met with Mr. Takashi Okada, the ambassador of Japan to Afghanistan. In this meeting, in addition to discussing the good relations between the two countries, Hamid Karzai praised Japan’s efforts in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and the country’s efforts to strengthen …

AT Kabul: The distribution of coal at reduced prices—an initiative launched by the Taliban interim government—has kicked off in Kabul. The Kabul municipality said that the price of coal sold by the government is 50 percent less than the market price and there are 32 centers across Kabul. “The coal …

AT Kabul: A high-ranking delegation led by Minister of State for Foreign Affair, Hina Rabbani Khar landed in Kabul for a one-day visit on Tuesday. The state minister, whom delegation also includes Special Assistant for Prime Minister for Afghanistan Sadiq Khan, will hold political dialogue with the Taliban-led Afghan interim …

AT Kabul: The 10th Herat security dialogue with the title “Inclusive Political System, Patterns and Roadmaps” started at the central library of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, with speeches by representatives from the host country. Since 2012, this meeting has been held every year by the Afghan Institute for Strategic …