Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: With 564 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 26,874 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 1,126 suspected samples, 564 were tested positive. 650 covid-19 patients have recovered and 13 others died …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Security Council has reacted to a UN report about the prickly situation of Afghan children, and said that the Taliban have been behind all killings of children in the country. National Security Council issued on Tuesday a statement in reaction to a recent UN report …

AT News KABUL: At least 12 Afghan security forces were killed after their checkpoints were attacked by the Taliban rebels in northern Jawzjan province, local officials said Wednesday. This could be taken as the first attack in such vicious way since undeclared ceasefire and practical measures toward reduction in violence …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has offered his heartiest congratulations to Afrasiab Khattak for receiving prestigious ‘Khushal Khan Khattak Poetry Award’ for his book of poems ‘Nawi Tegh’. “I am offering my best wishes to dear friend Afrasiab Khattak for being awarded by Pakistani literature academy with the …

“Freedom of speech and freedom of media is one of the most important achievements of Afghanistan and is our red line,” Second VP Danish said AT News KABUL: Second Vice President (VP), Sarwar Danish has said that the government is not seeking to limit the media law and freedom of …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has offered his heartiest congratulations to Afrasiab Khattak for receiving prestigious ‘Khushal Khan Khattak Poetry Award’ for shis book of poems ‘Nawi Tegh’. “I am offering my best wishes to dear friend Afrasiab Khattak for being awarded by Pakistani literature academy with the …

AT News KABUL: People in the mountainous province of Kunar saved three baby leopards in the mountain forests and handed them over to the local government, provincial officials said Tuesday. The provincial governor’s office said that the baby leopards were saved in the forests of Dara-e-Pech district. It said that …

AT News KABUL: The representatives from Afghanistan, the United States and Russian Federation in a meeting, called on Taliban to include a durable cease fire in the peace negotiations with the government supposed to begin within a couple of weeks in Qatar. The Russian and American representatives welcomed the release …

AT News KABUL: The government calls on the Taliban to immediately join peace negotiations, while the insurgent group insists on the release of the remaining 2,000 prisoners of them in government jails. Javid Faisal, Spokesman for the National Security Council, said Tuesday that the process of prisoner release continues, urging …

AT News KABUL: Officials at the provincial council of western Ghor province have expressed their deep frustration over the intensification of insecurity in Passaband district of the province, saying that the district would fall into the Taliban if the government didn’t take any action to quell the threat. A member …