Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: An explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue Sunday killed six people and injured 81 others, the Turkish vice president said. Fuat Oktay, who visited the blast site, told the press at Istanbul’s Taksim Square that the blast is considered a terrorist act, and a female attacker detonated the bomb. …

AT Kabul: The mission office of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reopened in Afghanistan on Saturday in a ceremony attended by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Kabul-based diplomats from several countries including Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Pakistan. Muttaqi welcomed the reopening of the OIC’s …

AT Kabul: Roza Otunbaeva, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in a meeting with the Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Islamic Emirate, Shahabuddin Delawar, emphasized that those Afghan politicians who have returned to the country should have a role in the government administrations. …

AT Kabul: Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, in a meeting with a number of Afghan youths from different provinces emphasized on strengthening the national unity and harmony in country . With expressing his satisfaction being with the young generation of the country, the former president considered the active …

AT Kabul: Since January of this year, Turkey has deported over 101,574 refugees, including more than 57,000 Afghan refugees. The situation for refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey is becoming increasingly precarious. The Turkish Ministry of Interior published a report on Saturday, November 12, stating that the number of refugees …

AT Kabul: US Democrats have kept control of the Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada. Republicans, however, remained close to winning control of the US House of Representatives as officials, in some states, continued counting ballots cast in US midterm elections on Tuesday. With Masto’s victory …

AT Kabul: The former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai met with the Deputy Secretary General and the Special Representative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Afghanistan Mr. Tariq Ali Bakhit and his delegation. In this meeting, while the current situation in Afghanistan and the region was discussed, Hamid …

AT Kabul: A number of Kabul residents by complaining of city transportation say despite of relevant organs’ continued commitments to delivering standard transportation services in the city, no practical work has been started in connection with providing better services to Kabul residents. According to the residents of Kabul, the people …

AT Kabul: The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released a report saying that millions of the Afghanistan citizens have resorted to skipping meal and rationing food due to the bad economic situation. This department published a report today (Saturday) saying that despite humanitarian aid in the last …

AT Kabul: Afghan women have been prohibited from visiting parks in Kabul by the Ministry of Virtue and Vice of the Taliban. According to ministry representatives, this restriction has been placed on women as a result of non-hijab observance, Tolo News reported. A spokesperson for the Ministry for the Propagation …