Afghanistan Times

Afghan Women, Girls Made Substantial Gains in Last Two Decades AT News KABUL: Kabul based embassies and human rights watchdogs have congratulated the Afghan women for their achievements, highlighting the importance of their role in their country’s crucial and leading issues. “On International Women’s Day, the UN family in Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: At least 51 Taliban rebels have been killed and 14 others were wounded during latest raids carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Monday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air …

Karzai Calls Marshal Fahim a “Great Patriot” AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai in an event marking the 7th anniversary of the death of Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim on Monday said that Marshal Fahim was a “great patriot” who always stood beside his people and worked for the welfare …

March 8th is the International Women’s Day. The Afghans are celebrating the achievements of so many women who are determined and never bow down to the social taboos to make their country a better place not only for them, but to all Afghans. The global theme of this year’s International …

AT News KABUL: Deputy Intelligence Chief of Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist group, has been killed during a raid conducted by the operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) in eastern Nangarhar province. Amir Khan, aka Masoud Kaftry was killed in Sandali area in Khogyani district, officials …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Afghanistan is not a bargaining chip for Iran’s negotiation with any other country. Speaking in a weekly press conference on Monday, Khatibzadeh said Iran views its friends based on friendship. “We have never had an instrumental view of our …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan needs three million tons of wheat for the Persian Year (1400) which begins on March 21, ministry of agriculture said, since frequent droughts affect the country’s agriculture, gardening and livestock breeding in the outgoing decade. Anwarul Haq Ahadi, minister of agriculture, said Sunday that they had …

AT News KABUL: The Enikass private TV broadcaster fired its women workers after four of their women colleagues were killed in three attacks in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The women workers have been told to stay in their homes until improvement in security situation. Three women workers of the …

Washington Seeks Regional Support for Afghan Withdrawal By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: A letter of the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to President Ashraf Ghhani has leaked where it suggests the United Nations to convene foreign ministers and envoys from Russian, China, Iran, India and the United States to …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people in the central province of Bamyan staged rally to protest the killing of seven laborers in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Armed men stormed a gypsum factory in the Sorkhrod district this week and shot seven of the laborers after tying their hands. All …