Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Rajab Ali Andishmand, an Afghan inventor who recently designed a military tank and an airplane, has criticized the government for its inattention towards the field of science and technology. Rajab Ali Andishmand is in the field of engineering for the past over 40 years. He worked inside and outside …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dozens have been killed and injured as clashes between the Taliban and Daesh erupted in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official. The provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khugyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the clashes between the two terrorist groups erupted the other day at around 6:00am in …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that it had thwarted a major terror attack in Kabul by seizing 2,000kg explosives. In a press statement issued here the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in seizing 2,000kg of ammonium nitrate which was placed in 20 sacks. The …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday assured of full preparations against the Taliban militants’ next spring offensive. Seddiq Seddiqi, spokesman for the MoI, told newsmen that efforts are underway to provide military equipment to police check posts during winter season to be prepared for next fighting …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government has put names of four senior Ghor provincial officials into the Exit Control List (ECL) after they were accused of corruption in construction projects. The officials also included the deputy governor of western Ghor province in the list. He has been taken to the attorney’s …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is believed to welcome Afghanistan and Liberia as its two new members from its list of least developed countries (LDCs). The 10th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18 December 2015. According to the WTO-bearers …

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Kabul has invited Afghanistan to join the recently established Islamic military coalition.  The 34-state alliance is aimed at elimination of terrorism from the Muslim countries through exchange of intelligence information, military and security, training and providing equipment and forces where required. The …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Government departments owe three billion Afghanis in unpaid electricity bills to the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), spokesman of the power distribution company said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, Sidiqullah Tawhidi said that 25 government departments owe over Afs2.7 billion. All the government entities …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An Afghan asylum seeker has been killed by another refugee in a shelter house in southwestern Germany. The slain was attacked after a quarrel with another asylum seeker, said a public prosecutor the other day. The victim was 22 years old was stabbed to death in Hassloch, …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) named Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Baz Mohammad Mobariz, 27, as police ambassador, to encourage people to lend their support to Afghan National Police (ANP). Mobariz will represent ANP in international MMA events. Seddiq Seddiqi, spokesman for the MoI, said that the ministry appointed …