Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Afghan government with the UNESCO is to begin work to strengthen the Jam minaret in the central province of Ghor. Mohammad Taher Zohair, acting minister for information and culture met the UNESCO officials in Kabul on Wednesday, emphasizing that the practical work of the Jam minaret strength …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan his reiterated his country’s commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Afghanistan, including trade and economic ties and people-to-people linkages. Mr. Khan made this remark during a meeting with Ustad Karim Khalili, Leader of the Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Afghanistan. Ustad Khalilil is current in …

What we know so far about the national interests – there is no clear speciation and explanation on it as of today. It seems all the high-profile authorities are somehow talking about observation of the national interest, while attacking others for ignoring this noble cause as just over its narrow …

AT News  KABUL: At least 88 drug runners, including a woman,, were sent behind bars in the past one week.  The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that 14 drug traffickers sentenced to four and half-30 year’s incarceration after examining their dossiers by primary court by the appeal …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 84 new positive cases of coronavirus and six fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 53,774 cases around the country. These cases …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDS) are the righteous pillars of stability in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday. “The Afghan National and Defense Security Forces are the righteous pillars of Afghanistan’s stability and are fighting in the front lines against the regional and global …

AT News KABUL: At least 31 Taliban fighters have been killed and 10 others were wounded during the latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. The Afghan security forces repelled Taliban’s attack in Zherai …

AT News KABUL: A top Russian official said that Moscow is still keen to host another round of intra-Afghan dialogue. “We considered the holding of intra-Afghan negotiations a possibility,” said Zamir Kabuluv, Russian Representative for Afghanistan. However, he said that it is too soon to talk about it and its …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Department of Defense told Reuters, despite a new law prohibiting further reductions without the Pentagon sending Congress an assessment of the risks. “Currently, no new orders have been issued which impact the progression …

We’ll only be safe when we’re all safe: UK AT News KABUL: Britain has helped raise $1 billion from global donors towards the drive to help “vulnerable countries” access coronavirus vaccines, UK embassy in Kabul said on Tuesday. The UK has committed $548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment …