Afghanistan Times

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Afghanistan has been placed among top deadliest countries in the world for civilians, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the country’s population contributes 17 million people living in a highly armed affected …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says that the practical part of the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (TAPI), a gas transmission pipeline would begin in 2021. The project started several years ago but has not yet completed due to different problems. The pipeline is to transmit Turkmenistan’s gas …

AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh praised the arrest of the three Senators on the charges of taking bribes in the northern province of Balkh. Saleh said in a statement that “thrilling arrests” to be continued, referring to corrupt officials, where there is no place to hide “Three …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security brass have blamed the Taliban group for carrying dozens of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and twisted in the direction of soft targets after they were defeated in the battlefields. Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), General Zia Saraj said that militants had …

AT News KABUL: Four officials of the Ministry of Public Health were detained on Tuesday on charges of corruption by the National Directorate of Security, officials said. A government official, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that two of the detainees were close relatives to the Minister of …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 183 new positive cases of coronavirus and 10 fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 52,330 around the country. The new cases …

AT News KABUL: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, Ms. Deborah Lyons, and discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process. Mr. Atmar expressed his appreciation for the constructive role the UN and its related organizations, …

Appalling news once again smacked Afghanistan, this time not about any big explosion or targeted killings or other terrible act of violence. It’s about the whole country where 50 percent of the country lives somewhere highly affected by armed conflict. Afghanistan is one of the deadliest places in the world …

AT News KABUL: Afghan Ambassador to Qatar, Abdul Hakim Dalili has died of cardiac arrest, officials and his relatives confirmed. President Ashraf Ghani expressed his extreme sadness about the unfortunate demise of Dalili. He sent his condolences with the deceased ambassador’s family, his office said in a statement on Tuesday. …

Violence against journalists and media has increased in Afghanistan in recent months, although a respite might have been expected as a result of the peace talks between the Afghan and Taliban peace negotiators. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to a report of abusive treatment …