Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: With the Taliban and the Afghan government engaged in marathon peace talks mediated by the United States, it can be assumed that the U.S. presidential elections in November have a substantial impact on these crucial negotiations. Importance of US elections for Afghan peace talks hinges on views …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that 92 per cent of virginity tests are done without court permission and against women’s wills across the country. The commission said Sunday in a report that only one of 129 women’s virginity tests had a court permission. The women …

AT News KABUL: At least four patients have lost their lives to the coronavirus and 96 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours across the country, health ministry said Sunday. With these fresh cases, the total tally increased to 39,799 throughout the country, according to the health ministry’s …

AT News KABUL: Text book shortage is one of major problems school students, teachers and ministry of education are facing. The government has not been able to resolve this problem by printing more text books as the books are worn soon. People are not at an economic situation to provide …

AT News KABUL: Ulemas (religious clerics) in central Bamiyan province have banned forced and underage marriages, a nuisance that has ruined the lives of many girls who were forcedly marriage and being deprived of their all fundamentals rights.    The Ulemas said that some cultural taboos like force and underage …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have become the inveterate supporters of the U.S. President Donald Trump, pinning all their hope on his reelection bid next month so much that his ailing health is worrying them. Extent of Taliban’s interests in American politics is a subject of much suspicion. The militants …

AT News KABUL: Police officers are now allowed to use deadly force against criminals and shoot them down when necessary, a draconian law that is aimed at curbing crime in Kabul city. The new law allows police forces to shoot fleeing felons to stop criminals from freely roaming around in …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) expresses concerns over the lack of food security in Afghanistan, warning that the number of people deprived from food security will jump to 15 million by the end of this year. The organization said Saturday that a large number of …

With the peace talks stalled, the details of intensifying doubts on the real intentions that are exactly cooking in Doha, and its implication to trigger Afghanistan into further uncertainty, are increasingly hard to pin down. But, of course there’s one certainty—the Afghans will bear the brunt of what to come …

AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh says that Taliban militants do not accept government’s offer that the holy Koran and prophet’s Sunnah should be the base of negotiations. Speaking at a gathering in the attorney general office, Danesh said that the government of Afghanistan has been always pioneer …