Afghanistan Times

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Following French President Emanuel Macron’s remarks regarding the deployment of EU ambassadors to Kabul, the bloc says that deploying these ambassadors does not mean recognizing the Taliban. French President Emmanuel Macron says several European countries are working to open a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan to …

AT News KABUL: Construction projects worth over $5 billion in Afghanistan have been stalled since Taliban takeover driving up unemployment, according to the union of private construction companies. The Union is urging the Taliban government to appoint a minister of urban development and housing, to address the uncertainty of construction projects in Afghanistan. The country is …

AT News KABUL: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said Afghanistan’s current problems are a direct offshoot of wrong policies adopted by the United States during 20 years of its presence in the war-torn country. Ali Shamkhani made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with the visiting …

AT News KABUL: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that that the situation in Afghanistan has wider repercussions for the Central Asian region and added that both India and Russia have a common interest in ASEAN centrality. Jaishankar’s remarks came during the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on Monday. “The situation in Afghanistan has …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is on the brink of mass starvation as more than half the population face acute hunger amid freezing temperatures after nearly four months since the Taliban seized power, with the United Nations World Food Program saying the economy is in a freefall. The economic crisis and …

AT News KABUL: The United States chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has damaged the U.S. position as a reliable partner amongst global allies, said top experts at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday. Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst stated during a panel that “U.S. credibility was jeopardized in the last year …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. and a host of allied countries have called on the Taliban government to end the targeted killings of former members of Afghan security forces, a claim the Taliban have been denying since an HRW report last week. Some 22 nations in a joint statement demanded …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani government has started supplying medicines to Afghanistan in a move to strengthen its assistance as the country is facing serious medical and health challenges. The first consignment of medicines worth Rs25 million was dispatched from Karachi for treatment of viral diseases, regular drugs for common diseases …

AT News KABUL: The United States forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Coronavirus, has challenged countries in the Indian Ocean, said Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. “The American withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves both the immediate and extended region grappling with serious concerns about terrorism, radicalism, instability, narco-trafficking and governance …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban in a decree banned forced marriages of girls in Afghanistan, saying women should neither be married off without consent nor be considered a property. This is as international community is pressuring Taliban government to extend women’s rights around work and education. The decree was announced …