Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Police have seized more than Afs 2 million in fake banknotes and charged two men for smuggling the counterfeit banknotes in eastern Nangarhar province, authorities said on Saturday. The three were arrested in the Black Sea city of Varna after printing presses and equipment for the production …

AT News KABUL: Two roadside bomb explosions killed at least 3 soldiers and injured 5 including civilians in Baghlan province, officials said Saturday. The attack was claimed by the Taliban. Baghlan Governor’s spokesman, Wahid Shahkar, said three policemen were killed and another was wounded after a roadside bomb hit their …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded some 53 active cases of coronavirus in the past day, health authorities said Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 40,141 cases throughout the country since the pandemic hit. Ministry said that out of 282 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 …

Noting the street crimes – muggings – purse, laptop, and cell-phone snatching – robberies and growing criminal fists on helpless Kabul residents, left no other choice but to bring the First Vice President Amrullah Saleh to the fore, aiming to clean up the city of a citywide robbery division. As …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Chinese President Xi Jinping recently attended a series of high-level meetings marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. While addressing those meetings, he gave a comprehensive and systematic answer to the major questions before mankind. What kind of world …

AT News KABUL: A roadside blast of an improvised explosive device in Ghor province killed at least six civilians, officials confirmed Friday. Spokesman to the Interior Ministry, Tariq Aryan, told reporters on Friday that a vehicle carrying civilians collided with a roadside mine in the Planshahr area of ​​Firuzkuh. Four civilians were injured, …

AT News KABUL: At least four vehicles of NATO troops camping across the border in Afghanistan have been destroyed when the two containers hit by rocket launchers or other explosives on Frontier Road at Bara District Khyber on Friday. Both the containers were also damaged. The Rescue 1122 officials informed …

AT News KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that attacks have been on the rise in recent weeks in Afghanistan that  threatening the peace process and alarming the Afghan people and their regional and international supporters. In series of tweets, Khalilzad said, “Following several meetings General …

AT News KABUL: Escalation of Taliban attacks in some provinces, including Helmand, has provoked denunciations from officials while Afghanistan point man for peace Dr. Abdullah has heaped scorns on the Taliban for increasing violence. Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, has said the Taliban would not be …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is attempting to engage in discussions with the Taliban to resolve the longstanding dispute over the agenda and roadmap for peace talks, after weeks of stalemate in the negotiations to end Afghanistan’s war. The Afghan government and the Taliban’s negotiating teams held a general meeting in …