Afghanistan Times

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is likely to travel to New Delhi in early April on his first official trip to India, at a time when Afghan peace efforts are regaining momentum. Ghani, who met Prime Minister Modi at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu in November, would visit Delhi during the …

KABUL: More than 13,160 foreign troops from 40 countries are currently training Afghan security forces as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission, officials said on Monday. Additionally, another 3,161 American service-members are conducting counter-terrorism operations in different parts of Afghanistan, one US Army official told Pajhwok Afghan News. Under new …

Our country is one of the terrible lands. Violence, contradictions, justice denials, no equitable distribution of wealth, corruption and a constant poor-rich standoff are some of the social, economic and political factors that have turned the lives of millions of Afghans into the hell. Above all there is a breed …

AT-KABUL: Jihdi leader Ustad Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf on Sunday said that no one can throw away Mujahedeen from political scene. Talking on the occasion of 36th anniversary of uprising of the people of Heart province against the Soviet Union, Ustad Sayyaf said that  some group of people are con …

AT-KABUL: Attorneys came hard on the government for its decision about asking them to take a talent test to prove their capabilities. Presidential Palace recently urged some 300 staffers of the Attorney General Office (AGO) to take a test to prove their qualification. Tens of attorneys staged a protest demonstration …

AT-KABUL: A commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been killed along with nine other fighters of the terrorist organization in southern Helmand province, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday. General Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the MoD, tweeted that a commander of ISIS, Hafiz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  General Syed Abdul Karim said that a well-equipped special unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) had been deployed to Kunduz province for nighttime raids in the northern zone. “Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan are those provinces where the newly deployed troops would conduct night raids,” Karim …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-According to Islam those are blessed and pious who support orphans. Such people are called friends of Allah. The religion of peace encourages people to build a society where orphans would not indulge in crimes for earning bread. Being depriving of parents’ hug is intolerable loss for …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Sunday renewed the agreement with Uzbekistan for operation, maintenance and management of the 75km railway line from Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif for three more years with additional privileges. Acting Minister of Public Works, Noorgul Mangal, said the new agreement would cost $19 million per …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) kicked off the first round of anti-polio campaign. The drive will continue for three days in 28 provinces of the country. Minister of Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, inaugurated the vaccination drive on Sunday by administering oral polio vaccine to children at …