Afghanistan Times

Crackdown against Afghans continues across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other parts of Pakistan. Though, Islamabad officially says it doesn’t encourage forcible repatriation of Afghan refugees but its mysterious silence on the plight of refugees has raised many eyebrows. Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has assured Afghan ambassador Janan Mosazai that …

By Dr. Florance Ebrahimi: The new Afghan government, led by President Ashraf Ghani, is faking to the Afghans that they are opening new avenues to bring peace to the war-rattled country. This time, our intellectual president has come up with a new experiment now Kabul turns to Beijing to help it …

“This is a translated version of ex-President Hamid Karzai’s interview with Iran’s Sharq newspaper” AT: The ex-President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai started his interview with this sentence: “Feel completely free. Ask whatever you want.” The ex-President of the eastern neighbor of Iran was born in Karz village in southern Kandahar …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban militants have taken hostage hundreds of families in Marjah district of southern Helmand province, said an official source. Marjah district chief, Ahmad Shafi Solamal, told Azadi Radio that after that the Afghan security forces launched a clearance operation against militants in the district, Taliban started suing …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Chief of Supreme Audit Office (SAO) of the Afghan government Sharif Sharifi   on Saturday said that Wolesi Jirga (WJ) of the parliament does not properly follow their reports over corrupt figures. Speaking Sharifi on the “one –week fiscal report assessment training and challenges” here in Kabul said …

AT-KABUL: Notorious gangster Sayedullah alias Rayees Khudaidad was executed on Saturday. Khudaidad was sentenced to death by a court nearly two months ago. According to a press release of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) the Afghan crime kingpin was involved in several killing and kidnapping cases. “Khdaidad was hanged …

AT-KABUL: Aimed at providing high-quality and affordable higher education to local and foreign students, India has announced direct admission scheme. In a media statement issued here, the Indian embassy in Kabul said that India has announced the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) Scheme to offer admissions to foreign nationals, …

AT-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) on Saturday inaugurated a new building and extended the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) to seven areas in FMIC in Kabul. Chairman of Provisional Operating Committee of FMIC Lee Hilling said that FMIC PGME teaching program expanded to seven areas including Paediatric medicine, …

AT-KABUL: China and Pakistan has sent humanitarian assistance on Saturday to the avalanche-hit Afghans. Charge d’Affairs of the China’s Embassy in Kabul, Chen Shijie, provided check of $50,000 to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS). The amount was donated by the Red Cross Society of China as emergency humanitarian aid. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The provincial council (PC) office and a number of MPs in southern Zabul province said Saturday that the abducted passengers (ethnic Hazaras) were still alive and were in the custody of armed men linked to the international militant group—ISIS or Daesh. Radio Azadi quoted the head of …