Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Assistance to Legislative Bodies of Afghanistan (ALBA) in a joint venture with parliament and civil society launched a one-day conference to explore ways to nudge the government and its ministries to spur the spending of development budget. The Deputy Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezedyar, …

“The protestors warned the government if it fails in putting the “Afghan” word in e-ID cards they will attack identity cards issuance offices in the province” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Thousands of protestors took to the streets in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday and demand of the government to include the …

Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI after the outfit’s leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her tenure. Mullah Omar is reported to have died at a hospital in Karachi two …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said people living on both sides of the Durand Line were victims of terrorism, but regional and international consensus had been developed to rescue them. The president was talking to a number of writers and politicians from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces at …

KABUL: The Afghan government on Tuesday identified the presence of terrorist groups, particularly of the Haqqani network on the Pakistani soil “the main source of contention between the two neighbouring countries. The declaration from the Presidential Palace in Kabul comes on the heels of a recent visit to Pakistan by …

Diplomacy has failed. Talks with the Taliban have failed. The national unity government despite keeping all the eggs just in one basket, failed to friend Pakistan. When Afghanistan was dreaming about increasing its love affairs with Pakistan the latter was preparing its troops and an entire sub-tribe of the tribal …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Tuesday announced that it has implemented its 100-day action plan. The Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad Durani, said that the MRRD pledged to implement 1,370 uplift projects, but currently it has implemented 1,957 projects at …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani declared Jihad against corruption in the country. He said that phenomenon is threatening survival of the state. Addressing a conference under the title of ‘Islam and the fight against corruption’ here on Tuesday, the president stressed that religious scholars can play an important role …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 53 Taliban have renounced violence and reintegrated into society through the government-initiated peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Five Taliban commanders were also among the 53 insurgents who joined reconciliation process.  In a ceremony welcoming the reconciling rebels, Salim Khan …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Afghanistan Civil Society Election Network (ACSEN) on Tuesday while questioning the effectiveness of the proposals prepared by the Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) floated its own proposals. The Special Electoral Reforms Commission recently delivered a list of proposals to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, …