Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) said that terrorist attacks on schools and students have recently increased. This comes at a time that Islamic State, also known as Daesh, has recently warned girls in several districts in Nangarhar province against going to school. Kabir Haqmal, a spokesman for …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces recovered some 1070 kilogram drugs in central Logar province, said an official source. The source added that security forces recovered the drugs after a crackdown. It said that no one has been arrested in connection with the drugs so far. According to another report, security forces …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday urged the regional countries to shed their difference and come up with consensus on how to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Speaking at a United Nations’ ceremony on women, peace and security at the foreign ministry, the president said that …

KABUL: At least one civilian was killed and 20 others were wounded, after a suicide bomber driving an explosives-packed car targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul. Spokesman to the Kabul police, Ebadullah Karimi, said that a suicide bomber driving a Corolla vehicle targeted foreign forces’ convoy at around …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in a joint venture with Harakat, a financial institute, established Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to address commercial dispute across the country. Minister of Commerce and Industries, Humayon Rasa said that commercial dispute resolution was one of the …

AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber on Tuesday morning detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near the provincial police headquarters of southwestern Helmand province, leaving two people dead and 51, mostly civilians, injured. The bomber hit boundary wall of the police headquarters and jolt the city that left at least two civilians dead and …

It is high time for the two leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), to put their differences aside and explore ways to work together and steer the country forward in the right direction, because there is a flood of challenges and their differences are showing no signs of ending. …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) awarded the contract for printing of 2.2 million textbooks to several local publishing houses. The ministry signed the contract with some 11 local publishing houses. The Minister of Education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, representatives of Denmark Embassy, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Council (NSC) has approved a new policy to suppress the Islamic State (IS), said the Presidential Palace. Sayed Zafar Hashimi, the deputy spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, told reporters the other day that the militant group is currently active in Farah, Nangarhar and Helmand province. “Foreigners …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Ulema (religious scholars) called for an immediate halt to the fighting by all warring parties during the holy month of Ramadan and urged them for holding real and honest dialogues. Dawat Islamic Association of Afghanistan Ulema (DIAAU) organized a gathering here in Kabul to discuss religious …