Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The ministry of health reported 911 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 within past two days with the number of dead soaring up to 20 deaths. Within this period of time, 261 patients were recovered. According the ministry the cases were recorded in Kabul (122), Herat (6) Kandahar …

AT News KABUL: Dawlat Shah district in eastern Laghman and Jalirz of central Wardak provinces have fallen to the Taliban as the group intensified offensive countrywide, provincial officials confirmed. The representatives of Laghman in the lower house of the parliament (Wolesi Jirga) said that the insurgents staged attacks on the …

As security situation is getting worse and Taliban insurgents are carrying out attacks in civilians and government forces in different areas since the foreign withdrawal process began early this month, the increase of Corona virus outbreak is now considered as an addition to the people’s concerns across the country. According …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former US President George W. Bush said during a Fox News interview that completely withdrawing U.S. armed forces from Afghanistan is not necessary and could create a vacuum in the region. “I’ve always warned that no U.S. presence in Afghanistan will create a vacuum, and into …

AT News KABUL: At least 13 civilians were killed in two separate roadside bomb blasts in the provinces of Helmand in the south and Ghor in the west. The ministry of defense said in a statement that a passenger bus hit a roadside mine in Police District 7 of Lashkar …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission expressed concerns over civilians’ casualties, saying that civilians’ killing should be stop. The commission said in a statement that it had always called on the Taliban to halt planting the roadside bombs that often inflict casualties on civilian. The commission released …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a bomb blast that killed and injured a number of civilians. A roadside bomb hit a vehicle in Lashkar Gah city, provincial capital that killed around 10 civilians including women and children. Karzai once against emphasized on the end of violence …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Wednesday that the al-Qaeda terrorist network and ISIS-K would pose threats for the U.S. through Afghanistan. Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, cited the remarks amid the withdrawal of the American Service Members and …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. military is currently conducting retrograde operations to leave Afghanistan. U.S. military personnel there now will come home, and equipment in the country will also be shipped back, sold, destroyed or moved elsewhere. The deadline for withdrawal is Sept. 11, 2021. While soldiers leave the …

 AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that as the alliance’s military presence is ending in Afghanistan, but NATO is opening a new chapter in the country and that its future support “will have three main pillars.” He said this in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron …