Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the airstrike that killed and injured civilians including women and children in the southern province of Helmand. Karzai denounced the attack as cruel and inhumane act. He called on the ongoing war in Afghanistan only killing of Afghans, asking the two …

Afghanistan is recognized as the world’s dangerous country for the journalists and media family. Lack of law enforcement, the existence of several militant groups and powerful individuals across the country has often posed high threats to the Afghan media and journalists. It is a crystal clear that working as journalists …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 87 new cases of coronavirus and three deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 61,842 across the country, the ministry said in a …

Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) says 40 percent of all air strike victims from 2016 to 2020 were children AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Around 40 percent of all civilian air strike casualties within the past five years in Afghanistan were children, a report said of the Action on Armed Violence …

Women representatives of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) attended a video conference with key members of the U.S. Congress on Thursday evening where they discussed the latest political and security developments in Afghanistan. According to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Afghan delegation also shared with the …

AT News KABUL: The United States warns to take the “republic” side if Taliban reject peace demands and do not choose peace. If the Taliban do not choose peace and a future based on consensus, then we will stand by the Afghans who work to maintain republic,” the US Representative …

AT News KABUL: Representatives from the United States, the European Union, NATO, Germany, France, Italy and Britain in a joint statement called on Taliban insurgents to stop their unannounced spring offensive. Released on Saturday, the statement condemned Taliban attacks on civilians and the representatives of mentioned states called for immediate …

AT News KABUL: Afghan top security brass said that Afghan security forces were killed and wounded at least 1,000 Taliban insurgents in recent clashes in different provinces. Speaking in a joint press conference on Saturday, acting defense minister Yasin Zia said that conflicts have been intensified in the last few …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan On 6 April, the State Council of China published a white paper titled “Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution”. The white paper reviews the great journey of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to unite and lead the people in fighting and winning …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that the achievements of the Afghan women’s rights gained during the last 20 years would be at risk after the U.S. troop pullout by September 11. An unclassified report released Tuesday by the Director of National Intelligence says the Taliban remain “broadly …