Afghanistan Times

|Unfortunately governance has become limited to ethnic-affiliations| Hopes were being popped beyond what the government can deliver, which created a huge gulf between the public and the government| AT-KABUL: Rana Think Tank in its monthly session discussed legitimacy of the National Unity Government (NUG) and future challenges, where the analysts …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday rejected three presidential decrees with majority. A decree increasing the tax rate from two percent to four percent in the Article 64 of the taxes law; another decree amending the two articles of the law of …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga expressed its deep concerns over mounting insecurity across the country. Lawmakers on Wednesday termed lack of coordination as one of the main reasons behind collapse of areas to the Taliban militants. Rangina Kargar, an MP from Faryab province, said that after several days of resistance, …

AT-KABUL: Foundation stone of the biggest iron melting factory laid in Kabul on Wednesday. The mill known as “Khan Steel” will have the capacity to melt 400 tons of iron daily and will create 1,000 job opportunities. The owner of the steel mill, Khan Muhammad, said that it is the …

AT-KABUL: At least five Daesh fighters have been killed and a vehicle full of weapons and ammunition was seized in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. The spokesman to the provincial police, Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, said that security forces during crackdown against Daesh have killed five fighters of …

“One of every eight women in Afghanistan suffers from breast cancer. Sixteen percent of breast cancer cases emerge in women aged between15-49 years,” says health minister By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the breast cancer advocacy campaign …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that it has devised state-of-the-art plans to counter terror. Under the new plans crackdowns on Taliban would be increased. To ramp up military operations and night raids the ministry aimed at bringing Special Forces in military operations. MoI spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi …

AT-KABUL: Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Security Advisor, in a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Amar Sinha, said that continued stability in the region could be achieved if all the regional countries sincerely join hands in fighting terrorism. In a media statement issued by the National Security Council (NSC) said …

Fresh troops reaching Nad Ali, Greshk and Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, have started their operations against militants, an official said on Wednesday. The reinforcements arrive a day after Taliban militants captured Baba Jee area in the limits of fourth security district of Lashkargah and some areas in …

Taliban’s newly-appointed deputy governor for Faryab was among five others killed during fierce clashes with security forces in the northern province where electricity supply has been suspended. Maj. Mohammad Reza Rezai, the spokesman for the 209th Shaheen Military Corps in Faryab, said Mullah Abdul Sammad and his four fighters were …