Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 102 new positive cases of coronavirus and seven fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 53,011 cases around the country. The new cases come …

AT News KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Massoud Andarabi said that the Taliban are preparing for ‘full-scale war’ in the New Year, while assured that Afghan security forces ‘are ready to thwart’ their attacks. Mr. Andarabi said this in a briefing to the lawmakers at the parliament on Monday. Every …

AT News KABUL: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Haneef Atmar met Sunday with Saeed bin Mubarak Al-Khayarin Al-Hajar, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Kabul, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process. At the outset, Mr. Atmar expressed his gratitude for the condolences of the Qatari …

AT News KABUL: Taliban militants dragged more than 20 people out of buses on the Baghlan-Kunduz highway near the Pol-e-Khomri city, provincial capital of Baghlan and took them hostage. Witnesses said Sunday that the incident took place in the Pooza-e-Eshan area some 100 meters from an army base. They said …

AT News KABUL: Three members of senate who had been earlier arrested for demanding bribe, have been released on bail, the attorney general office said. The senators were arrested by the intelligence agency some 10 days back in the Hairatan port if Balkh province in the north. Jamshid Rasouli, spokesman …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan peace negotiating delegation is planned to fly to Qatar today (Monday) where it is to resume talks with their counterparts from Taliban militants, one day after meeting President Ashraf Ghani with whom they shared all the consultations they made with different sides on peace. The …

AT News KABUL: A number (Meshrano Jirga) members in their Sunday session have called the dismissal of Health Minister Jawad Ahmad Osmani as inappropriate, illegal and politically-motivated. The senators said no one should be sacked or punished without court decree. A few days back, the operatives of the National Directorate …

AT News KABUL: At least eleven people have been killed in separate blasts and in a target attack in Kabul, the capital city and northern Kapisa province, security officials said on Sunday. A magnetic bomb targeting the vehicle of the head of the Ulema, killed five people in Kapisa province. …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s advisor in a visit to southern Kandahar province introduced the newly appointed officials to the province. Talking to the gathering held to introduce the new officials, National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib said that Ghani brought changes in the government departments to lay out a …

China’s relationship with the United States has reached a “new crossroads” and could get back on the right track following a period of “unprecedented difficulty”, Beijing’s top diplomat Wang Yi has said. Wang, China’s state councillor and foreign minister, said in a joint interview with Xinhua news agency and other …