Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: At least 41 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the latest wave of attacks across the country in the last five days, the human rights commission said on Tuesday. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has expressed its deepest concern over the increase of civilian …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has reported fewer coronavirus cases on Tuesday after the health ministry recorded 279 new cases in the last 24 hours that brought the total tally to 31,517 across the country. 12 patients have lost their lives battling the virus and 197 others recovered during this period, …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has blamed the Afghan security forces for killing of over 20 civilians in a mortar attacks in Sangin district of Helmand province. “UNAMA’s initial impartial findings indicate Afghan National Army mortars inflicted heavy civilian casualties Monday at market in …

AT News KABUL: More than 80 percent of poppy is cultivated in the areas controlled by Taliban militants, who gain plenty of incomes from drug product and trade, interior ministry says. Mohammad Hashem Ortaq, deputy interior minister for counter-narcotics, said Monday that police have launched 4,833 operations against drug traffickers …

AT News KABUL: The National Security Council says it investigates the release of Taliban prisoners while the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad began a new round of visits to the region. The Council said Monday that they were working on the fate of those Taliban prisoners who are demanded by Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah is making efforts to regain support from the members of Jamiat party after differences emerged when he agreed to work under President Ghani, a move that his party fellows did not want. He has met senior member of Jamiat, Atta Mohammad Noor in which other …

AT News KABUL: A number of civil society activists protested the newly-appointed Central Bank acting governor for his decisions, calling it “questionable”. Ajmal Ahmadi, who had previously served as commerce caretaker minister, has been lately appointed by President Ghani as the caretaker for the Central Bank. Ahmadi fired four senior …

AT News KABUL: The Kabul police have arrested a ‘wanted criminal’ during a fresh crackdown to help boost security of the city. Anti-crime cell of Kabul police conducted a purposive operation, in which the head of a criminal gang was detained in PD 2nd, said Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Farmarz. …

With the all-Afghan talks anticipated to kick-off, in the best-case scenario, by the end of July, the required commitments which were supposed to pave the ground for them haven’t been met yet. Of them, the reduction in violence and early release of prisoners are considered to be the sine qua …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have pushed back the Taliban attacks in the central provinces of Logar and Ghazni, military officials said on Monday. The ministry of defense said in a statement that the militants staged attacks on the Afghan security force checkpoints in Elyas village of the …