Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Efforts are underway to secure safe release of kidnapped passengers of the crashed helicopter in Faryab province. According to reports, the Taliban insurgents captured 16 Afghan troops and two foreigners on Tuesday after their helicopter crashed in territory under the militants’ control. Three soldiers were killed in the crash. …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Wednesday submitted the draft budget for next fiscal year to the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament for approval. Minister of Finance, Mohammad Eklil Hakemi, submitted the draft budget for the next Afghan fiscal year (1395) to the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) released report on Wednesday revealing that cases of women’s killings had doubled in the past six months as compared to the same period of last year. Commissioner for Women Support Department of the AIHRC, Qadria Yazdanparast, said that the commission …

AT-KABUL: A three-day anti-polio campaign started in the northwestern Faryab province the other day with the aim to eradicate the crippling disease in the country. Around 340,000 children up to the age of five years will be administered polio drops during the campaign. The campaign was conducted just few days …

AT-KABUL: The Minister of Finance, Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, urged Pakistan to take practical steps for peace in Afghanistan. He said that mere promises were not enough. After returning home from a visit to Pakistan, the minister told reporters on Tuesday that he urged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The interior minister Noorul Haq Ulomi on Tuesday said that the government would not allow any militant group to challenge writ of the government and destabilize the country. In a joint press conference with the chief of army staff Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem, the minister said that …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Government of Italy has granted $2 million for improvement of healthcare services in Afghanistan. The donation will be spent to provide medical equipments, construct diagnosing centers, cancer test laboratories, and improve plastic surgery, physiotherapy and capacity building of health workers. The cooperation agreement in this regard was …

This is not an allegation. It is their oft-repeated confession. They did confess it on so many times and by so many political leaders. From late President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq, to late premier Benazir Bhutto, from late interior minister of Pakistan, Naseerullah Babar, to former president Pervaiz Musharraf, all have …

Unidentified elements in Pakistan and Afghanistan are major sources of terrorist financing, says a report by the U.S Treasury Department. “There is evidence that recently some funding via donations has been diverted from Afghanistan and Pakistan to terrorist groups operating in Syria,” claims a similar report by the British government. …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health set alight around 60 tons of low quality and expired medicines in Butkhak district of Kabul province on Tuesday. The medicines were collected from drugs importing companies, wholesalers and different stores in the outskirt of Kabul city in a bid to improve healthcare services …