Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: At least 16 police officers were killed and six others were injured in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand province that also left 10 militants dead. The gunfight started last night that continued for several hours in a region near to Takhtapol area of Mosaqala district of Helmand province. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of women’s rights activists have said they were still concerned about the ongoing peace talks and their future in the country—despite the informal meeting which recently took place between women lawmakers and the Taliban representatives in Oslo city of Norway. The activists held two different …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Tens of activists and residents of Kabul on Friday launched a rally to express their anger at the flagrant discrimination against the Muslim community in Myanmar, lashing out at the West for turning a blind eye to the plight of the Rohingya minority. “Persecution against Burmese Muslims …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Director of Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) termed attacks on offices of media organizations as attack on the freedom of expression. Danish Karokhel said that those involved in recent attack on Pajhwok Afghan News bureau office in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, should be declared as war …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Heavy clashes between police forces and the Taliban militants in Keshk-e-Kohna district of western Herat started on Friday morning and are still going on, said an official in the province. Abdul Rasoul Jamshidi, a member of the provincial council of Herat, said that the fighting is currently …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: How unfortunate residents of Parwan province are, because they have no access to drinkable water despite inflow of three rivers, namely Panjshir, Salang, and Ghorband. Parwan is around 50km away from Kabul City, capital of the country. Access to potable water is major demand and dream of …

While the Afghan peace process hasn’t reached a conclusion, Iran is successfully buying the Taliban’s loyalty. Being involved in multiple proxy wars to upset its arch-rival, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tehran has established close relations with the Afghan Taliban in order to use the group in proxy wars. A …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, met with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” conference in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan the other day. Ban felicitated Abdullah on peaceful transfer of power in …

AT-KABUL: The chairman and members of Baloch youth council in Afghanistan called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Wednesday. Members of the council strongly denounced signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They applauded Hamid Karzai for his wise …

By Ahmad Siyar Yazdani-After eight years that private higher education institutes are operating in Afghanistan, concerns have now been raised about performance of the education institutions in the society. Recent findings show that out of more than hundred private higher education institutions in Kabul and other provinces, none has a …