Afghanistan Times

AT Kabul: Local sources in Faryab province say that unknown gunmen have killed two salts mine workers and a security guard at a mine in Dawlat Abad district. According to the sources, the incident happened on Saturday night. The armed men then allegedly fled the scene. Hamidullah Botshekan, spokesman for …

AT Kabul: Retired employees of the Afghanistan Government on Saturday protested against the Taliban over the issue of non-payment of their pensions in Kabul. They held a protest in Kabul and called on the Taliban government to pay their pensions, reported Tolo News. The retirees said that they have not …

AT Kabul: According to the TASS news agency, the meeting of the Moscow Format to discuss Afghanistan will take place in Moscow in mid-November. Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special representative for Afghanistan affairs, said that this meeting will be held only between Afghanistan’s neighbors and regional countries. According to “Tass” news …

AT Kabul: Local officials in the province of Kandahar said that a mass grave was discovered on Thursday in the Daman district. The remains of five people were found, according to the Kandahar governor’s spokesperson. The spokesman, Haji Zaid, added that these people were buried here ten to fifteen years …

AT Kabul: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday he would resume his protest march to Islamabad after recovering from an assassination attempt, as his supporters staged nationwide protests that blocked major roads. Khan was shot in the leg on Thursday as he waved to crowds from a …

AT Kabul: Suleiman, a high school graduate in Herat province, has scored the highest marks in this year’s nation-wide university entrance exam, Kankor, in Afghanistan, officials announced on Saturday. Suleiman, who graduated from Sultan Ghiasuddin Ghori High School, earned a score of 355.42, and is expected to study at Herat …

AT Kabul: The Czech Republic will close its embassy in the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Jan. 1, 2023 as no improvement in security situation is expected anytime soon, local media reported Wednesday. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has decided to close the Czech embassy in Kabul, said the Czech News …

AT Kabul: Nasir Ahmed Fayeq, Afghanistan’s permanent representative in the United Nations, says that progress and stability are possible only through inclusive government. He wrote on his Twitter that he has given a speech at the United Nations about the current situation in Afghanistan. At the UN meeting, he called …

AT Kabul: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said at the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that it is important to have an interaction with the people of Afghanistan to solve the economic and humanitarian crisis in this country. A …

AT Kabul: The Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction “SIGAR” says that the Biden administration is blocking the investigation of the money that has been sent to Afghanistan under the name of humanitarian aid in the past year. According to the Bloomberg report SIGAR said they …