Afghanistan Times

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Education is mulling to make literacy an obligation for drivers for getting license. The idea of making literacy a must was discussed with traffic officials in one day workshop titled “Gradual Obligatory Literacy”, held on Wednesday in Kabul. Participants from different departments including Deputy …

Afghanistan 191 for 5 (Usman 65, Naib 56*) beat Zimbabwe 190 for 7 (Williams 54, Mutumbami 43, Dawlat 2-24) by five wickets Afghanistan sealed another historic first with a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Zimbabwe in the second match at Queens Sports Club. Opener Usman Ghani and allrounder Gulbadin Naib …

AT-Kabul: The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan inaugurated a cold room for vaccine protection and storage at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, the Public Health Minister said that the cold room has the capacity to store 12 million doses of …

AT-KABUL: The new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Mahmoud Saikal, has presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. According to a statement issued by the UN press office, the new Afghan envoy to the UN is a senior diplomat and international development specialist with over …

“Pakistan started religious militancy since 1979 for safeguarding its national interests and expelling the then USSR from Afghanistan, Musharraf confessed in a TV interview” AT Monitoring Report-KABUL: The former president and military leader of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf in an interview to Pakistan’s leaving TV Channel “Dunya” on Tuesday said that …

AT-KABUL: After two days of battle between the security forces and Taliban militants, finally the government forces have cleared Dashti-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province from the miscreants and retaken control of the district, officials said on Wednesday. The deputy chief of army staff Gen. Murad Ali Murad said that …

Sri Lanka expresses condolence AT-KABUL: China has announced relief package for earthquake-affected people in Afghanistan and Pakistan and showed willingness to provide assistance based on needs of the two neighboring countries. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday that the Chinese government would provide relief package to Kabul …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Casualties in the Monday earthquake increased in Nuristan and Kunar provinces. At least 38 people were killed and 131 injured in the two provinces that were close to the epicenter. Chief of the Nuristan provincial council, Saadullah Nuristani, told Afghanistan Times via telephone that Wama district of …

AT-KABUL: At least 11 insurgents have been killed in an airstrike and military operation in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. Governor of Achin district, Haji Ghalib, said the Taliban insurgents were traveling in a vehicle in Syah Cho area late Tuesday when they came under the airstrike attack, …

As the Islamic State (IS) is making inroads in Afghanistan, Russia is considering it a growing risk to Central Asia. The head of Russian’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, said the militants in Afghanistan who have switched sides to IS pose a growing threat to Central Asia. He also said …