Afghanistan Times
A SIGAR report says that Afghan government faces an “existential crisis” amid militant advance and that Afghan forces will not be able to weather Taliban hostilities after departure of US-led forces. It further states government has lost a whopping one third of its revenues after the fall of its strategic …
Read More »UN condemns attack on its Herat headquarters
AT News Kabul: The United Nations in Afghanistan on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on its main compound in Herat in which an Afghan police guard was killed and several others injured. The main UN compound in the capital of the western Afghan province of Herat was …
Read More »Sweden donates 124,000 vaccine doses to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: A batch of 124,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine donated by the Swedish government has arrived in Kabul, the public health ministry said on Friday. The vaccination process will begin today (Saturday), according to the ministry. An official of the ministry, Dr. Dastagir Nazari, who was appointed …
Read More »Karzai condemns killing of comedian by Taliban
AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the killing of a famous comedian, Nazar Mohammad Khasha, by the Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province earlier this week. The former president said his killing was against Islamic teachings, calling on warring parties to stop the war, which he said …
Read More »People should rise against Taliban atrocities; Omar
AT News KABUL: Senior Presidential advisor, Wahid Omar, condemning the killing of popular Afghan comedian, Khasha Jawan, said that the Taliban showed that they are in pursuit of bloodshed. Omar called on people to raise their voice against Taliban atrocities. According to reports, Taliban dragged Khasha Jawan out of his home …
Read More »Over 95% of US troops out of Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: About 95 percent of US troops have left Afghanistan, according to US Central Command. US Central Command said in a tweet on Tuesday evening that since the beginning of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense has withdrawn 984 C-17 aircrafts from Afghanistan …
Read More »‘Ansarullah’ opens new Pandora’s Box; Pro-Taliban Tajik militants deploy along border stronghold
AT News KABUL: A 200-strong group of pro-Taliban Tajikistan militants are now controlling areas along Afghan-Tajik border after the Taliban afforded them control of the key strategic border region in recent days, according to officials on Wednesday. Weeks after capturing key strategic areas and security outposts, Tajik authorities have said, …
Read More »Editorial: A shameless act of terror
The brutal killing of Afghan comedian Nazar Mohammad, known as Khasha Zwan, sent shock waves not only inside Afghanistan but around the world. The incident happened in Kandahar and visual evidence exists, showing Taliban fighters not only arrest and humiliate him, but insult and slap him in the face then …
Read More »Govt to build 1,000 commercial greenhouses
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said that plans are underway to build over 1,000 big and small greenhouses in different provinces across the country. The ministry spokesman, Akbar Rustami, said the greenhouse initiative will be completed by this year end. He said that construction work of …
Read More »Former US commander: Threat of civil war looms over Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan joins the critics of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and warns that the hastily decision made by the White House to withdraw soldiers after 20 years, would spark another civil war in the country already …
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