Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education on Monday to establish a vocational institute in Kabul. The MoU was signed between the Ministry of Education and group of Chinese engineers. The Minister of Education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, said that the institute will offer a …

AT-KABUL: Constitution has been constantly violated by all three pillars of the state, said the Second Vice President Sarwar Danish. While introducing a member-designate of the Supreme Court High Council and six member-designates of the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of Constitution to the Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday, Danish said that the …

AT-KABUL: The United States embassy in Kabul has issued a travel advisory on Monday warning the US citizens of imminent attack within the next two days in Afghanistan’s capital city. However, the embassy has not provided further details on the timing or targets of the possible terror attack in Kabul …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unknown gunmen have killed the chief executive of a private television channel in the capital city, Kabul. Amanullah Ataee, head of the Asia Television Channel, was killed in front of his house in Kart-e-Naw area in the eight police jurisdiction of Kabul city. Chief of Crimes Investigation …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed a shadow judge of the Taliban militant group in northern Sar-e-Pul province the other day, an official said on Monday. The deputy chief of the provincial council, Sayed Assadullah Danesh, told media that the militant group’s shadow judge Mawlawi Ajmal was ambushed and killed in Sozma …

“SMEs create around 95 percent job opportunities. These enterprises need government’s support,” says ACCI. By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday organized a day long regional seminar on development of the small and medium-sized enterprises. The seminar titled “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development in the Heart …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The foreign ministers of NATO countries have gathered in the Belgium’s capital city Brussels to discuss important security issues including the Syrian war and Afghan mission also called the “Resolute Support”. Addressing the pre-ministerial press conference, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the US …

President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime  Minister Nawaz Sharif on  Monday held discussion on the resumption of peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, with the former offering Pakistan’s good offices to support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process. The two leaders, who met here on the sidelines of 21st UN …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 1,400 cadets graduated from the Kabul Military Training Academy the other day. The Afghan National Army (ANA) on Sunday gained the additional troops after completion of a two-month training program. Tolonews reported that the troops would soon be deployed to the battlefields to fight …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nearly 20 Taliban militants have been killed in northern Kunduz and Jawzjan provinces, said security officials on Monday. In addition 10 insurgents were wounded. A spokesman for the Afghan National Army (ANA), Major Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the military helicopters struck the Taliban …