Afghanistan Times

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the Parliament approved Wednesday the tax law on telecommunication services. Based on the law, telephone users have to pay 10 per cent tax to government. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani had instructed for imposing the communication tax through a decree, which …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) criticized barriers implemented by Pakistan over the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement in past five years, seeking amendment in the agreement before extension for the second time. Deputy of MoCI Muzammel Shinwari said: “We recommend amendment in transit trade agreement before it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russian foreign ministry has said that it plans to supply small arms to Afghanistan in near future though it would stop sending other weapons. The statement comes amid growing insecurity in Afghanistan, which Russian officials believe a major threat to Russia and other former Soviet republics. “The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday expressed optimism over the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCP) meeting which was held in Islamabad on Monday. He termed the meeting a positive step towards the reconciliation process, saying that it should be conducted in a meaningful and sustained manner to achieve …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US President Barack Obama said that Afghanistan, Pakistan, Middle East and some other regions might become havens for terrorist networks. President Obama in his last State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington said that the United States’ foreign policy must …

Afghan education sector is under attack. However, the public policymakers did little to repel the attack and let the little angels to pursue their little dreams. Like their peers in Central and South Asian, Afghan boys and girls also want uninterrupted access to quality education. Some want to become doctors …

AT-KABUL: About 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan on Wednesday around 1:04 am, creating panic among the masses. However, there was no immediate report of damage or casualty. According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.6 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was 62 …

AT-KABUL: Police have thwarted a terrorist plot while killing a suicide bomber before he could manage to reach the target in Lashkargah city, the capital of southern Helmand province. Spokesman to the governor, Omar Zwak, told Afghanistan Times that the police shot the bomber who was driving an explosive-laden Corolla-model …

Experts argue that vital resource could be worth of billions of US dollars to the country KABUL: A national strategy to manage Afghanistan’s abundant water reserves is urgently needed, according to debates organized by IWPR in three Afghan provinces. The events in Nangarhar, Paktia, and Kunar provinces heard that, although …

KABUL: The perception of corruption in Afghanistan’s judiciary is leading citizens to turn to the Taliban to resolve their legal cases swiftly and with a lack of red tape. When he became president in September 2014, Ashraf Ghani expressed concerns about corruption in Afghanistan, particularly within the judiciary. During his …