Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: In the aftermath of the decision by the Wolesi Jirga, the National Assembly that barred provincial council (PC) members from overseeing local departments, a number of PC members on Saturday suggested lifting ban on their authority to monitor local offices and warned that would prolong their protests if their …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) on Saturday announced that the national team B would play against Pakistan football team in a friendly match which is due to be organized in upcoming couple of days. The squad announced by the AFF is comprised of players from players from …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Saturday released a report saying that deteriorating law and order condition and poor infrastructure are the key challenges that hampered economic growth and pushed local industries toward whirlwind problems in the country. Chief Executive Officer of ACCI, Attiqullah Nusrat, said …

Pro-Russian separatists have vowed to push ahead with their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine after aborting peace talks with Kiev. Rebel delegates called off peace talks with Kiev’s pro-Western leaders on Friday, while at least seven civilians were killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. Donetsk rebel representative, …

At least 49 killed in explosion immediately before Friday prayers at a mosque in Shikarpur in Sindh province. An explosion at a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has killed at least 49 people and left dozens more wounded, officials say. Saqib Ismail Memon, a local police official in …

New finance minister says Athens instead wants direct talks with eurozone leaders to try to cancel some of its debts. Greece’s new left-wing finance minister has said he will not negotiate the terms of the country’s bailout  with the “troika” team from the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

The first round of university entry test in Kabul has been conducted. What troubles many people—candidates and parents, is the alleged gross irregularities and nepotism in the entry test. As many as 12,000 candidates including 400 girls took the test. This is only in Kabul. If the figures from provinces …

AT-KABUL: Security forces conducted an operation and recovered seven caches of arms and explosives in Paktika province. Local officials said that security forces conducted the clearance operation in Zadran valley and Jabar village of Orgun district on Friday. “The operation was launched by operatives of the National Directorate of Security …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The White House on Friday said that the US does not consider Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, but said the tactics adopted by them are similar to terrorism. “They (the Taliban) do carry out tactics that are akin to terrorism. They do pursue terror attacks in …

AT-KABUL: After receiving best wishes from President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the national cricket team on Friday left for Australia to attend the Cricket World Cup 2015. The national squad met with President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah before their trip to Australia. The Afghan team has …