Afghanistan Times

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 …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan will be the top agenda of the meeting of foreign ministers from Organization of Islamic Cooperation which will be held in Islamabad on December 19, with presence of delegations from the European Union and the P5 group of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China. …

AT News KABUL: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that several European countries are considering opening a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. A number of issues had to be resolved – particularly security – for ambassadors to return, Macron said, but he hoped a mission would open soon. “This would …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is calling for an inclusive government in Afghanistan and a Loya Jirga should be convened to help gain legitimacy and international recognition. Karzai emphasized on an inclusive government in Afghanistan with inclusion of different segments of the society as a means of gaining …

AT News KABUL: Clashes that erupted between Iran’s border forces and the Taliban near the Afghan province of Nimroz have ended, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday, adding that the fighting was a mere “border misunderstanding”. “Clashes ended and Iran is discussing the dispute over the border with the …