Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with the Afghan students who are studying in India, most of whom were granted scholarships by the Indian government.   Former President’s office said in a statement the students who are at the level of bachelor’s and master degrees as well PhDs, …

AT News KABUL:  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said that more than 318 media organizations have been shut since the fall of the Western-backed government in 33 of 34 provinces in Afghanistan. The IFJ in a recent report expressed concerns over the condition of the Afghan media family, saying …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Mursal Ayar, a member of Junbish-e-Zanan, has been detained by the Islamic Emirate in Kabul, her colleagues claimed, saying that she was taken to an unknown location.   A second female activist has allegedly gone missing in the last day, but confirmed information is not yet …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai welcomed the reopening of public universities in hot areas and termed it beneficial for a developed Afghanistan.  “Former President calls on all students (girls and boys) that the brilliant future of the country relies on efforts of educated Afghan youths,” Karzai’s office said …

AT News KABUL: US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary LIoyd Austin are summoned by congress for a hearing on Afghanistan, a US lawmaker said. “We still face a lot of real challenges in Afghanistan even though our troop presence is gone,” Senator Jim Inhofe said on Wednesday. …

AT News The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority said that it has reached an agreement to begin direct flights between Kabul and Doha.   The ministry said that based on a mutual agreement the Afghan and Qatari airlines will be conducting flights to Doha-Kabul each week.   “The …

AT News KABUL: The Islamic Emirate on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for all in hot areas that include six provinces of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Since they swept into power in mid-August, the international community has watched to see whether the Islamic Emirate will impose restrictions on women …

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 …