Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The government tries to prevent people from gathering on the days of Eid, calling on to take the threat of Corona virus serious. Ministry of Public Health said Monday that if people repeat the “mistake they made on the past Eid days, we will see more cases …

AT News KABUL: A media supporting agency (NAI) expresses concerns over the current situation of access to information in Afghanistan, saying it is in “critical condition” and is worsening. The agency said in a report issued on Monday that security organs have the worst condition of access to information. 100 …

AT News KABUL: Residents in the western province of Farah say they do not have access to healthy drinkable water since the weather has got warm. They are worried that unhealthy water reserves could cause the Corona virus outbreak. Farah lies in a hot wide desert area at the border …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan embassy in Islamabad said that Pakistan will reopen “Waga” port for the Afghan exports and trade shipments after months of blockage. “Afghanistan exports would restart via Waga of Pakistan on July 15th with consideration of measures to prevent the coronavirus spread,” said Atif Mashal, the …

AT News KABUL: The US Chargé d’Affaires to Kabul, Ross Wilson has stressed on maintaining of the last 19 years achievements, including freedoms and women rights during direct negotiations between the government and the Taliban. “Members of the Afghan negotiating team and I shared common ideas today about the peace …

AT News KABUL: The Highways and streets have remained closed for traffic in central Panjshir after a fatal flood flowed across the province, following a heavy rain. The rain was going on all Sunday night, residents said. Tens of villages were damaged by the flood and inflected huge financial losses …

Taliban did not uphold its commitment to free Afghan security forces inmates and reduce pointless violence  AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has failed to live up by its commitments to free intimates of the Afghan security forces and also to reduce the pointless violence – an important aspect to …

Corruption is a menace that continues to bedevil war-weary Afghanistan. Earlier there were reports of embezzlement in the COVID-19 pandemic funds by the relevant ministry and now the reconstruction of a mere 70-meter-long boundary wall at the Afghan Embassy to the US has cost over $1.8 million. This comes as …

AT News KABUL: The number of positive coronavirus cases in Afghanistan has fallen in recent weeks in the lowest level, but the deaths have remained high. 28 patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, the Afghan health ministry said on Monday. 154 fresh cases of covid-19 were …

AT News KABUL: At least 21 Afghan security forces have lost their lives and several others wounded in the fight against the Taliban insurgents in the Northern provinces of Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. Kunduz governor spokesman, Ismatullah Muradi said the Taliban stormed the security forces checkpoints in Imam-Saib and …