Afghanistan Times

Some harrowing pictures of the children maimed by the thousands of Taliban’s landmines planted across the country besides the landmines of the USSR, after decades of war, went viral on social media. Hundreds of thousands mines are planted in grazing fields, schools, pathways, where dozens of children are maimed and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs on Friday said that first flight carrying pilgrims from Kabul has safely landed in Medina City of Saudi Arabia. Faiz Mohammad Osmani told media the first flight left Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday night. The second flight left on Friday …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-Ethnography as a subject is very important to understand culture and different ethnic groups but it failed to gain popularity in Afghanistan. Afghans still to know that ethnography is systemic study of cultures and ethnic groups where the researchers observe society. Ethnography is focusing on identification of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Wearing military uniform to support the Afghan security forces, a women’s rights activist Shukria Serat Walizada urged the United Nations Security Council to prevent Pakistan from supporting terrorism and destabilizing Afghanistan. Condemning Pakistan for harboring Afghan Taliban, Walizada staged a sit-in on Friday in Shahr-e-Naw Park in …

AT-KABUL: A bomb blast killed three school children and wounded another in Paktika province the other day, said an official source. Ali Mast Mohmand, Police Chief of Paktika province, said the incident took place the other day in the evening when the children were collecting firewood in Sar Roza district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five people, including three policemen, have been killed in three separate roadside bomb blasts in different parts of the country. A roadside bomb blast in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital city of northern Baghlan province, killed two policemen. The incident took place Hazhda Kotal area of Pol-i-Khomri when a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Spanish armed forces’ mission in Afghanistan is reaching its end nearly 14 years after it started. The 420 Spanish troops stationed in eastern Herat province are set to leave ahead of October 31. Once their withdrawal is complete, the only remaining Spanish presence in Afghanistan will be …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan ‘A’ Cricket Team returned home after participating in two series of cricket matches against Sri Lanka ‘A’ Cricket Team during their 21-day stay in that country. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) spokesman, Farid Hotak, told Afghanistan Times that the Afghan team had four matches against …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan U-19 national football team defeated Maldives in their opening match in South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championship. The national U-19 squad opened the goal of Maldives during 45th minute of the first half of the match with Masoud Habibi hitting the first goal. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said that the Afghan national security forces have performed well this year, and that his country will continue its support and advice to the Afghan government. Carter in an interview with the Foreign Affairs magazine said the Afghan security forces …