Afghanistan Times

The poor governance of President Ashraf Ghani brought him under harsh criticisms inside and outside Afghanistan. His administration is caught in deep corruption, mismanagement, and the main critical point is the selective treatment in government appointments. He has been lambasted by the Afghan parliament and politicians including the chairman of …

AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police have arrested 14 people on the charge of different crimes during the latest crackdown carried out around the city in the past 24 hours. These suspected criminals are accused of offenses in different PDs of Kabul city, Kabul Police Press Desk said in a …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 94 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 56,873 cases nationwide. The new cases were reported …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: As time edging for a senior-meeting on the Afghan peace process in Istanbul, Turkey is making indefatigable efforts to bring the Afghan politicians under a single umbrella to attend the meeting with a single point of view amid to end an unabated relentless war that rocked …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan says it has formed an “authorized committee” to offer Kabul’s plan on peace in the upcoming conference in Turkey. The committee consists of former and present government officials. Feraidoon Khozon, spokesman at the reconciliation council, said Monday that the committee evaluates different opinions …

AT News KABUL: Aqa Jan, 15, was wounded by a landmine while shepherding in Kandahar province. “I was injured in hand and my thighs,” said Jan, who hit the mine in the Khakriz district. It was only him to have been victim of landmine, many other teenagers have lost their …

AT News KABUL: Some lawmakers on their Monday’s session lambasted the government for keeping the acting ministers on position. Speaker of the parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani called on the government to behold the constitution and put an end to the acting ministerial process. Continuation of acting ministerial process is unacceptable, …

AT News KABUL: The project of Shorabak hydropower dam was completed and is to be inaugurated soon by President Ghani, officials at the ministry of water and energy said. Shorabak is located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan and is the second dam to be inaugurated in 1400 (Current Persian …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants attack on a security checkpoint in Nahersiraj district of southern Helmand province left 22 members of Afghan security forces dead. The militants took hostage another 14 security forces, sources said. A source privy to the issue, who wished to go unnamed, said that the …

AT News KABUL: NAI- Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan on Monday called on the Taliban group to refrain from attacking journalists and media activists in Afghanistan. In a statement referring to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s report on the civilian casualties, NAI expressed its concerns regarding the targeted-killings of …