Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghani Red Crescent Society is to send 82 children suffering from broken-bone disease to Germany’s Peace Village Hospital for treatment, an official for the society said Tuesday. “These children will be treated there (Germany) because their treatment were impossible inside Afghanistan,” said Mohammad Taib Yousufzai, from …

AT-KABUL: 110 prisoners including women were freed based on the decree of president from prison in western Herat province and 76 others’ imprisonment period reduced, officials said Tuesday. Abdullah Azizi, director of Herat prison told Pajwok Afghan News that by the decree of the president, these prisoners released. Azizi said that …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan government on Tuesday said that it had made enough efforts to ban recruitment of children in security forces, thus it seeks the removal of Afghan forces from the UN’s list of Shame. According to a 2010 report of Ms. Kara Korumi, UN Special Rapporteur, the Afghan …

Let mujhedeen defend their country, ex-jihaidi leader AT-KABUL: Former jihadi leader and member of Afghanistan’s Protection and Stability Council APSC, Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf called on the government to let mujahedeen join the Afghan security forces to defend national sovereignty and the people. He believes that lack of mujahedeen role …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the Afghan jihad (holy war) caused some great changes in the world, but “Unfortunately, Afghans did not reach a lasting peace”. “The honorable Afghan nation defeated the then super power [Soviet Union] and saved their soil, religion, independence and honor, suffering lots …

Ghani urges Taliban and other insurgents to shun violence and join peace process Abdullah asks Taliban to stop using children as soldiers in their war AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The 27th anniversary of the Soviet troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan was commemorated on Monday at the Presidential Palace in which leaders called …

February 15 is marked as a great day in Afghanistan every year, because the then Soviet troops withdrew the country on this day. The Soviet Union sent ground forces to Afghanistan in late December, 1979. When the pro-Soviet government took power by killing the first president Mohammad Daud in the …

Moscow does not want to join the US initiatives aimed at establishing stability and peace in Afghanistan. However, Russia is ready to set up a negotiation process independently. On Monday a representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Moscow does not want to participate in the Afghan …

UNAMA documented 37 per cent increase in women and 14 per cent increase in children’s casualties in 2015 By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday released its 2015 annual report recorded 11,002 civilian casualties including 3,545 deaths and 7,457 injured, the highest record since 2009. …

KABUL: The outgoing U.S., NATO forces commander Gen. John F. Campbell said Saturday that the Taliban had no vision for the future of Afghanistan and their only chance for the future was to join political process run by the government of Afghanistan. Speaking at his last press conference as commander …