Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres believes that the second political agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and his frequent electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah was needed to break a political impasse Afghanistan was facing. Ghani agreed to include Abdullah in his government after the latter threatened to form …

AT News KABUL: Hekmatullah, a Faryab native, risked his life and embarked on an outlawed voyage to Iran, only to die an excruciating death in the trunk of the smuggling car after in a terrible blaze. His mourning father, Amir Mohammad, has been unable to see his son’s dead body …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 409 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 28,833 cases across the country. 12 patients lost their lives to the virus and 472 others recovered during this period. The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that out …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 31 Taliban fighters in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, ministries of defense and interior said on Sunday. The Taliban received casualties after the Afghan security forces repelled their attacks, in which 16 other Taliban …

By Maqsood Rezayee  In developing and developed countries, cities are facing rapid urbanization. Rapid urbanization is accentuating urban challenges, mostly leading to urban sprawl, uncontrolled and unmanaged development of cities, and development of informal settlement. Afghanistan is not exempt, where the rapid urbanization impacted large cities of Afghanistan with the …

By Arwin Rahi As protests were raging in the U.S., in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, Iranian leaders took to Twitter to support the protestors. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei tweeted “If you’re dark-skinned walking in the US, you can’t be sure you’ll be …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is seeing a rebound in Taliban violence and an exacerbation of fighting as the country is nearing a crucial peace dialogue with the militant Taliban. Following a short lull in the war and Eid-al Fitr ceasefire, the Afghan government floated speculations that the ceasefire would continue …

AT News KABUL: More than 6.5 million Afghans are refugees overseas as the conflict continues to drive the refugee crisis. Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has said that over 6,500,000 million Afghans are refugees overseas, with an overwhelming majority settling in Iran and Pakistan. On the occasion of the world refugee …

AT News KABUL: Sima Samar, state minister for human rights and international relations is feared that the Taliban prisoners recently released by the government would likely retake arms and start fighting against the government troops. She says that the government lacked a mechanism to prevent Taliban from returning to war …

AT News KABUL: The deadly coronavirus has overshadowed negotiations expected to be held between President Ashraf Ghani’s administration and the Taliban to end the longstanding war, NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo said. “A number of members of government and Taliban negotiating teams have been infected with the …