Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah held a meeting with members of the Afghan negotiating team who returned from Tehran after concluding a two-day summit brokered by the Iranian government. “We listened to the full report of the talks between the Taliban and …
Read More »As rebels advance, Kabul Airport gets air defences
AT News KABUL: Kabul international airport has been equipped with an air defence system to counter incoming rockets, said the Ministry of Defense on Sunday, a measure to quell missile attacks as the Taliban militants continue to sweet across the country. “The defense system was fitted at Kabul Airport on …
Read More »Army regains control of 5 districts; 1,170 rebels killed
AT News KABUL: Government forces have killed at least 1,177 Taliban rebels in raids sprawling across the country that also led to recapturing of five districts from the clutch of Taliban since Wednesday last week, security officials said on Sunday. A government spokesman on Sunday announced that security forces had …
Read More »Afghanistan records 1,075 new virus cases, 67 deaths
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that it has recorded 1075 new cases and 67 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Out of 3,717 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 1,075 were reported positive, the ministry said. The total …
Read More »Editorial: Ghani’s false impression
The Afghan social media users made fun of President Ashraf Ghani’s claim of ordering the foreign forces to leave Afghanistan. In addition to several other false claims, Ghani made a mockery remark of- driving the U.S. forces out of Afghanistan- during his visit to the southeastern Khost province, where, he …
Read More »Watchdog slam ‘revenge killings’ in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: While violence is unprecedentedly intensifying across Afghanistan since Taliban have been attacking government institutions and security forces after the US and NATO announced to depart, the United Nations’ Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it is concerned over the retaliatory killings. Patricia Gossman, head of the watchdog’s Asia …
Read More »India pulls diplomats out of Kandahar
AT News KABUL: India has pulled out majority of personnel from its Consulate General in Kandahar as fighting spikes between Afghan forces and Taliban, said India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday. A government spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, has said the evacuation was a temporary measure and that the consulate is …
Read More »Officials, authors saddened by veteran writer’s death
AT News KABUL: Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi, a young writer who used to write stories in Pashto, passwed away on Sunday. Ahmadi’s family confirmed his death. President Ghani, minister of information and culture as well as writers called his death as a tragedy and a loss in Afghan culture. In a …
Read More »Power Pylons blown up in Parwan
AT News KABUL: An imported power pylon was blown up in northern Parwan province on Sunday morning, said Da Afghanistan BreshnaSherkat (DABS). DABS said the incident happened in Jangal Bagh area of Parwan. Head of the energy and water department of Parwan, Rohullah Sajid said that four bombs were placed near …
Read More »Iran lobbies Taliban to reopen Islam Qala border
AT News KABUL: Iranian officials and the Taliban have a plan to reopen the Islam Qala border crossing to let traders continue export-import to resolve people’s problems in Afghanistan. Mohammad Taghi Hashemi, head of foreign nationals department in Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province was quoted by BBC Dari as saying that …
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