Afghanistan Times

The coronavirus pandemic is taking its severe toll on Afghans at a time when doctors haven’t received their salaries for three months AT News KABUL: Majority of the hospitals located in capital Kabul are grappling with shortage of medical supplies, something that has led to many COVID-19 patients losing their …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations in its annual reports verified that around 3,410 grave violations against 3,245 Afghan children were committed by the militants, the Afghan and international security forces in 2019 in Afghanistan. The report published on June 9th said that of total 3,149 children, including 2,226 boys, …

AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that situations in Afghanistan remained challenging and the Taliban group must live up to their commitments, and “break all bonds” with Al-Qaeda. In a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Stoltenberg said that NATO will continue to adjust their …

AT News KABUL; Afghanistan government has proposed to amend the mass media law, seeking to curtail freedom of expression and silence critical voices. The proposed provisions has ignited a flurry of criticism from media community, calling the move draconian, unconstitutional, and a constraint to the freedom of media. Media outlets …

AT News KABUL: The Acting Foreign Minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, have discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and the future steps to move forward the talks. “Had a very good meeting with the foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar. …

AT News KABUL: A man has killed his wife and his sister in the eastern province of Laghman, officials in the province said. The incident took place late Sunday in the Baba Saheb Camp in the Mehtarlam city, provincial capital. Provincial Spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai, identified the killer as Khoshbin and …

AT News KABUL: At least 17 Taliban fighters were killed in the northwestern province of Faryab in police counter-attacks, provincial officials said. Taliban attacked police some police outposts during the past 72 hours in the Qaisar district, but faced hard resistance that killed 17 of their fighters. Karim Yuresh, provincial …

AT News KABUL: Vice President Sarwar Danesh has shrugged off a new report by the U.S. Department of State over a wrong figure of the population of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan. The report has said that 10 to 15 percent of Afghanistan’s population of 35.5 million are Shia Muslims. The …

AT News KABUL: International flights are to be rescheduled soon, the aviation department said, after almost three months of pause as the country imposed a nationwide quarantine for the fear of spread of the Corona virus. The aviation department said Monday in a statement that health instructions would be observed …

AT News KABUL: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced decision to end activities and withdraw from Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul, following the brutal attack on their maternity wing on 12 may, in which 16 mothers were systematically shot dead. An MSF midwife, two children aged 7 and 8, and six other people …