Afghanistan Times

On June 18th, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published its 4th Annual Anti-Corruption Report entitled “Afghanistan’s Fight Against Corruption: Crucial For Peace And Prosperity.” The paper, also available in Dari, paints a bleak picture of the country’s anti-graft apparatus and work, and puts forward a set of recommendations to …

AT News KABUL: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), met Taliban’s second man and head of the group’s political office in Qatar. The UNAMA said on Monday that Deborah Lyons in meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, emphasized on a …

AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh asked for tight security along the Daikundi-Uruzgan road, a reaction to the recent kidnapping of hostages blamed on Taliban fighters. Danesh called on the security forces to take further steps for security on the roads connecting central provinces to southern areas. Officials …

AT News KABUL: The Islamic Republic of Iran is to provide Afghan migrants living in the country with more facilities, an agreement made during the visit of Afghan acting foreign minister Hanif Atmar to Tehran, where he met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian interior minister Abdol Reza Rahmani …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over increase in armed conflicts and civilian casualties in different parts of the country. Karzai reiterated Monday that the ruinous war has been imposed on Afghans by the aliens, calling on Afghan sides in the war to realize the …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani has ordered the recall of the amended draft of the mass media law from the parliament until the draft is further discussed with the media under the leadership of the Second VP Sarwar Danesh. The Presidential Palace said in a statement on Monday that Ghani …

AT News KABUL: At leaves five employees of the Attorney General Office were killed by unknown gunmen in Deh-e-Sabz district of capital Kabul, security officials said on Monday. Spokesman for the ministry of interior, Ferdaws Faramarz said the killed staffers included two prosecutors, two AGO’s employees and a driver. The …

AT News KABUL: Five members of the Public Uprising Forces were killed after the Taliban rebels attacked their checkpoint in northern Takhar province, provincial officials said on Monday. Another three members were wounded in the attack that had taken place in Jarqishlaq village in Baharak district.   A number of Taliban …

The coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on Afghan masses. The official tally put the total number of positive cases nationwide at more than 29,000. Of them, at least 8,841 are said to have recovered and about 598 are said to have lost their lives. This is while the …

AT News KABUL: It has been for two conservative days that Afghanistan has recorded a fewer cases of coronavirus, a significant milestone in the fight against the pandemic. 310 people were tested positive for the respiratory disease in the last 24 hours across the country. The new cases came out …