Afghanistan Times

AT NewsKABUL: The Pakistani military fired at least 50 rockets on the eastern province of Kunar, authorities said on Tuesday. Provincial Governor, Mohammad Eqbal Sayed said that 50 rockets were fired by the Pakistani border forces from the other side of the Durand Line. The rockets landed in the Shiltan …

AT News KABUL: At least two people including head of the Central Council of Jamiat-e-Eslah religious organization were killed and eight others wounded in four sticky bomb blasts in Kabul Tuesday morning, officials said. An Everest model vehicle hit by a magnetic bomb at around 7:35am in Joi Shir area …

Four bomb attacks rocked different areas in Kabul city on Tuesday. The magnetic bomb blasts that are now going to become part of daily activities of terrorists killed two people and injured seven others all civilians. Mohammad Atef, head of the Jamiat-e-Eslah, a non-government educational and religious organization was one …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 53 new positive cases of Corona virus and one anther fighting the pandemic passed away in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday.   The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 55,174 …

AT News KABUL: The government sent a team to investigate the latest unrest in the Behsood district of Wardak province, where the security forces are blamed for killing a number of civilians during a demonstration. The National Security Council said Tuesday that the team had met provincial officials, tribal elders …

Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families Kabul: Japan has announced to disburse USD 122.2 million to support humanitarian and development programmes in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The new funding is part of Japan’s previous commitment to provide financial assistance to Afghanistan by up to …

Abdul Rahman Habibzui KABUL: Afghan women urge for an immediate ceasefire and end the ongoing war in the country. Zuhra Ahmadzai, head of women commission in the High Council for National Reconciliation said Tuesday that the commission was working on a plan to ensure permanent cease fire and sustainable peace …

AT News KABUL: Two drug traffickers were arrested with 19 Kilograms of hashish during a counter-narcotics crackdown in the eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said. Two drug dealers were arrested with 19 kilograms of hashish during an operation conducted by police in the Police District of Jalalabad city, the provincial …

AT News KABUL: Taliban militants have threatened to resume attacks on the foreign soldiers if the US would not remain adherent to the peace deal signed last year under which American troops are to leave Afghanistan by May this year. In a statement, the insurgents rejected allegations of having hand …

AT News KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) says the Taliban have intensified attacks on the government employees, civil society activists and media workers. The SIGAR said in a report on Monday that the militant attacks dropped in the last three months of 2020 comparing to previous …