Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Officials in central Logar province reported activities of Islamic State (IS) fighters in some parts of the province. Head of the Logar provincial council, Hasibullah Stankzai, in an interview with Azadi Radio expressed his deep concerns over emergence of IS (Daish) fighters in some parts of the province. He …

AT-KABUL: At least three policemen were killed and several others wounded in a suicide car bombing in southern Helmand province. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor office, said that the incident took place in Nahr-e-Saraj district around 3:00 pm on Sunday, when a suicide car bomber set off the …

AT-KABUL: The Youth Affairs Department at Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) said that the national youth policy developed in collaboration with other related government and international organizations would address at least 40 percent of challenges faced by youth. Deputy of Youth Affairs, Taimor Shah Isaaqzai, said that four areas …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad: Three decades of chaos in Afghanistan, poverty, lawlessness, social taboos, sexual prejudice and culture of impunity are the major factors that impede the drive to end violence against women. Violence against women is one of the important issues that had earned bad image for the Afghan …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that a terror bid aimed to target senior officials of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) was thwarted. In a media statement the spy agency said that a group of five terrorists planned to target MoI’s high ranking officials by conducting …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad Poverty is a nightmare, continuously haunting over 80 percent Afghans. The decades old conflicts and loopholes in the financial and judicial systems are termed as main cause. Whatever is the key reason but it is certain that hundreds and thousands of families are battling against poverty …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi Background The Tap-e-Tajbeg Palace is one of the historical buildings built in 1795, in the era of Shah Zaman. Now it has been quietly changed in to a ruin due to civil wars in the capital in 1992. According to some historians Tajbeg is a Turkish word …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi Historians and nature lovers know how graceful Bagh-e-Bala Palace is because its dazzling dooms could be seen from far away. Vineyard and tall pine trees are adding colors to the beauty of the place. The palace has been built on top of a hill to the north …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad A decade ago it was a dream of Afghan girls to appear in the international tournaments and compete for titles, but now the situation has been changed. Today, women and girls do not stay under obscure ceiling of the rooms but they have seen many changes …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad One should not consider ‘hero’ only those who are working in movies or earning titles in sports competitions because the real heroes are those who save lives in real life without showing any gratitude or caring for themselves. One of such brave men and real hero …