Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met on Saturday the former Vice President Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum and discussed the worsening security situation in the country. Following escalation of conflict and violence in different parts of the country particularly in northern provinces recently, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the assassination of Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the government media and information center. “I was sadly aware that head of the government media and Information center, Dawa Khan Menapal was martyred as a result of a terrorist attack- which has …

AT News KABUL: Findings from the Ministry of Health show that about 36.6% of children in Afghanistan suffer from chronic malnutrition. The ministry says 5 percent of children are severely malnourished and calls the death toll from the problem worrying. Meska is the mother of a six-month-old child, and says …

AT News KABUL: The defense ministry says that army forces launched a counter attack to drive Taliban back from Zaranj city, provincial capital for Nimroz, killing a great number of Taliban fighters and their al-Qaeda allies. Taliban captured Zaranj city on Friday, the first provincial capital completely falling to the …

AT News KABUL: At least 385 Taliban terrorists were killed and 210 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Afghan security forces succeeded to kill 385 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in …

Commentary In the wake of the U.S. led NATO mission withdrawal from Afghanistan- while dire clashes has gripped many parts of the country- the U.S. and British embassy’s statement of warning of imminent worsening security situations- does not only undermine the credibility of Afghanistan but also grows tensions among the …

AT News KABUL: The US envoy to the United Nations has emphasized that the only way forward to peace in Afghanistan was meaningful talks with the participation of women and acceptance of an inclusive and elected government based on human rights values. At a UN Security Council meeting in New …

AT News  KABUL: The U.S. says that the Taliban will not gain international legitimacy through violence and force, warning the group to stop its series of attacks- which it has waged in on urban areas. The White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki cited the remarks in reaction to the assassination …

The words of terror and terrorist is not new and strange for the suffering people of Afghanistan who have lived, witnessed and experienced war, bloodshed and several types of violence in the past plus forty years. They saw their beloved ones, relatives, friends, colleagues or neighbors being victimized in terrorist …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed sorrow over the “martyr” of a historian, Abdullah Atifi who was tortured and killed by armed men in Taliban-controlled area in the southern province of Urozgan. Office of the former president said in a statement that late Atifi had national views and …