Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 629 cases of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours in 17 of 34 provinces. The ministry earlier announced that lacks kit tests for Omicron and Delta variant of Covid-19, thus it test the cases via the kits designed for the previous …

AT News KABUL: The detention of two journalists of Ariana TV channel faced strong reactions of the human rights and media warthogs. The Free Speech Hub, an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, and Amnesty International, as well as UNAMA, have called on the Islamic Emirate to probe the cases …

AT News KABUL: Months after being forced to leave Afghanistan, the Afghan girls’ robotics team won second prize in an international competition for environmental change among 88 countries, the team captain told Rukhshana Media. The competition took place two months ago online, where Somaya Faruqi, Shabnam Nurzai and Ayda Haydarpour …

KABUL: India’s wheat shipment to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian aid to the country through the Pakistani soil is expected to start early February as New Delhi and Islamabad have finally agreed on the modalities after months of discussions, a media report said on Saturday. India has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to …

AT News KABUL: Militants from various terrorist organizations operating in northern Afghanistan are a threat to Tajikistan, Russian Ambassador to Dushanbe Igor Lyakin-Frolov said in an interview with TASS. “The threat does exist. According to certain data, around 6,000 militants of various terrorist organizations are operating in Afghanistan’s northern areas. …

AT News KABUL: Moeed Yusuf, National Security Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister arrived in Kabul on Saturday at the head of a delegation to discuss a broad range of issues with the Taliban. A Taliban official confirmed Moeed’s visit, saying he would discuss various issues with Taliban officials. Yusuf had …

AT News KABUL: The UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has pledged £97 million of emergency UK aid to the Afghan people to provide life-saving food and emergency health support, as well as water and sanitation facilities. This latest allocation of vital support means the UK has now delivered on its promise …

AT News KABUL: A United States judge on Friday gave the Biden administration two weeks to decide what should be done with $7 billion of frozen Afghanistan central bank funds, which some victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks want and which the Taliban claims is theirs. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan gave …

AT News KABUL: Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing a dire situation as they struggle to cover their basic needs, said executive director of UN’s World Food Program David Beasley. “Afghanistan was already one of the poorest countries in the world, with 20 years, at least, of conflict with the Taliban,” …

AT News KABUL: Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing a dire situation as they struggle to cover their basic needs, said executive director of UN’s World Food Program David Beasley. “Afghanistan was already one of the poorest countries in the world, with 20 years, at least, of conflict with the Taliban,” …