Afghanistan Times

As the intra-Afghan negotiations offer hope for peace after more than four decades of conflict in Afghanistan, thoughts are circulating in almost all off Afghans’ minds regarding how would their future look like? The key demand of theirs is a sustainable peace settlement that ensures their human and other basic …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan won a seat at the United Nations Commission on Status of Women for a four-year term, said Afghan embassy to the UN. Afghan Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Adela Raz, called the membership of the commission a “historic victory”. This is the first …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people in the northern province of Balkh launched rallies to protest what they called “high price of electricity” calling for reduction of the price. They chanted slogan “We need electricity without discrimination” and shut the gate of provincial power department on Wednesday. They warned to …

AT News KABUL: New trade figures show record lower Afghanistan imports from Pakistan of goods plunging by 44 percent year on year during first half of this year, because of the pandemic lockdowns and closure of trade gates by Pakistan. “Afghanistan’s imports from Pakistan dropped drastically, all due to Pakistan …

AT News KABUL: Talibaninsurgents have cut off a major highway in southern Afghanistan which connects majority of districts and towns in Paktia province and extort truckers and drivers, according to a local official. Residents and drivers complain about new troubles they are facing along Gardiz-Dandpatan highway which has been blocked …

AT News KABUL: At least 17 drug runners found guilty of drug trafficking and have been sentenced to years behind bars. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that seven drug traffickers were sentenced to 2-30 years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers by the …

AT News KABUL: Two people, including a military serviceman and a religious scholar, were found beheaded in Kabul’s Shakardara district, Kabul governor said Tuesday. Dead bodies of a beheaded national security officer and a religious scholar have been spotted in the outskirts of Shakardara district. The service member who had …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 43 new coronavirus positive cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,815 across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that out of 232 suspected samples, 43 were positive—29 cases were recorded in Herat, five in Balkh, …

AT News KABUL: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be a game changer in South Asia. As part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), CPEC is a $62 billion infrastructure development project, in which Afghanistan would likely be part of it. This project is aimed to …

AT News KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad during his visit to Islamabad thanked and appreciated Pakistan for its important role in facilitating the start of the Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in Doha on September 12. “US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited …