Afghanistan Times

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 …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned mine explosions and rockets attacks in the provinces of Wardak and Ghazni, in which a number of civilians were killed and wounded. Karzai expressed concerns over the increasing violence and civilian casualties. “Continuation of war and military operations does not resolve …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of families in the central province of Ghor who had to displace from their villages to the provincial capital of Firoz Koh city, voice for peace. Bibi Koh, a lady who has lost her family’s breadwinner in a Taliban attack on her village, says that she …

AT News KABUL: Kam Air, a private airline in Afghanistan has restarted flights to foreign destinations. The airline said on Sunday that their flights to Turkey’s cities of Ankara and Istanbul were normalized, while their air taxis have one flight per week to Islamabad of Pakistan. The Kam Air has …