Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: In a bid to enhance bilateral ties further in the sphere of security and policy-making, Afghan and Iranian officials inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic studies. The MoU was signed at a joint seminar in Tehran by the chief of Afghan Ministry of Foreign …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said that due to accessibility of women to the healthcare services, maternal mortality rate has been decreased five percent in Afghanistan. Speaking at the International Day of the Midwife, Deputy Minister of Public Health said that increase in number …

KABUL: Over 4,634 suspects and 4,695 unregistered Afghan national were arrested as more than 138 search and strike operations were carried out in the provincial capital alone under the National Action Plan (NAP) launched in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on the Army Public School in December last …

Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see both countries working closely together to fight terror, officials have confirmed. Based on the agreement, ISI will also train and equip the NDS. In addition, Afghanistan and Pakistan will …

We sleep soundly at while thinking we have guardians at the gate and the frontiers. Throughout the history, our guardians have answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. However, what comes when they are ill-equipped particularly against a force like the Taliban? An official in the troubled Helmand province said …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered a large amount of explosive materials placed in baby powder bottles. The NDS in a press statement said that operatives of the spy agency recovered around 384 bottles full of Potassium Chlorate. The explosive materials were recovered from a warehouse of an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) emphasized on a clear agenda for next talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Expressing concerns over lack of coherent agenda on part of the Afghan government in the previous series of talks with the Taliban, a senior member of the …

“Unknown men affixed posters to the walls in Paghman in the dead of the night, warning religious scholar to refrain from offering funeral prayers of Afghan troops fallen in the line of duty” AT-KABUL: Senators on Sunday assigned a team to probe ‘night letters’ in Paghman district Kabul that warned …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 3,000 families have left their houses following mounting insecurity in parts of northern Jawzjan province during past two weeks. According to locals, almost all shops have remained closed for past several days and students have stopped going to school due to insecurity in Aqcha district. …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) has nudged the National Unity Government (NUG) on Sunday to ensure women had presence in the peace talks. Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Saeeda Muzhgan Mustafawi, said that real peace would not come to the country, unless women had increased participation in …