Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Electronic Identity Cards Department fired 800 of its staffers, said an official on Sunday. Nasir Ahmad Amin, the executive head of the department, said that they have fired 800 of their staffers due to lack of budget. He added that they took the decision after that donor …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that holding parliamentary elections are not possible this solar year. According to constitution of Afghanistan, Wolesi Jirga’s tenure ends on 21st June, 2015. Deputy Chairman of the IEC, Abdulrahman Hotaki, told Azadi Radio that holding parliamentary polls are not possible till …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have recaptured Yamgan district in northeastern Badakhshan province from insurgents.  According to the Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, Afghan security forces have recaptured Yamgan district Sunday morning after days of large-scale military operations and targeting insurgent’s safe havens. Sediqqi said that 120 militants have …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) on Sunday said that insecurity, technical problems and poor monitoring programs are main factors that hampered the important energy projects. Briefing news reporters on the 100-day action plan, the minister Ali Ahmad Osmani said that even a single hydro-power dam or …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), a state-run electricity supplying company, on Sunday said that teams were busy in restoring power supply to eastern Laghman and Nangarhar provinces after the religious scholars and local elders succeeded in convincing the Taliban to allow the technical teams to repair the …

AT-KABUL: Unknown gunmen murdered a doctor in Doshi district of Baghlan province, sources said. According to the district chief, Shamsuddin Sarhadi, the doctor was chief of a basic health unit in Kaihan Valley. The doctor was killed at his home, however, the motives behind the killing yet to be ascertained. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs called on China’s Ambassador to Afghanistan and discussed different issues of mutual interest. Mohammad Gulab Mangal in a meeting with the Chinese diplomat, Ding Zi Jin, commended the Beijing leadership for providing assistance to Afghanistan in various fields. The minister told …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Bank-e-Millie Afghan (BMA), a state-owned bank, has developed an indirect lending program for the local industries aimed at strengthening the local market. According to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Bank-e-Millie Afghan and Afghanistan Industries Association (AIA), the Afghan industrialists would receive $200 million in indirect …

AT-KABUL: At least 57 Taliban insurgents were killed in multiple crackdowns within the past day, said the interior ministry on Sunday. The Afghan police in collaboration with the Afghan National Army and the National Directorate of Security raided turbulent parts of Takhar, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul, Logar, Uruzgan, Paktika and Helmand …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have captured Chardara district of northeastern Kunduz province. The insurgents were now fighting security forces in the city. The militants took control of the district on Saturday evening following long exchange of gunfire with Afghan security forces that left 10 troops and tens of militants dead and …