Afghanistan Times

By Wasil Ahmad Akhtar Corruption in Afghanistan has affected both the public and private sector and it is broadly recognized as a key challenge for governance and rule of law. The Afghan government has made several commitments to address corruption but it has increased instead. Corruption has undermined the legitimacy …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan A few days ago, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a cordial and friendly phone call with Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar. This is the first phone call between the two old friends since Foreign Minister Atmar took …

AT News KABUL: The government has released 98 more Taliban prisoners, a day after another 98 fighters were freed. The release of Taliban prisoners was part of the peace deal the militants signed late February with the United States. President Ghani agreed to release 5,000 insurgents and the group has …

AT News KABUL: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has been appointed as new NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Afghanistan, replacing Ambassador Sir Nicholas Kay, who had recently called on the Taliban to accept new Afghanistan. In one of his twitter message, Mr. Kay said that Afghanistan has been changed and the …

AT News KABUL: Nuristan, placed in eastern Afghanistan with a special geographical location, has so far been out of pandemic covid-19 threats; there is no lockdown and the residents are hanging around as usual unlike other provinces, which are under strict lockdowns. As the state is out of covid-19 trouble …

AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulates Afghanistan’s press family on the World Press Freedom Day, a statement from his office said on Monday. “The former president considers freedom of the press to be one of the most valuable achievements of the last two decades in the country …

AT News KABUL: While the Afghan government and the Taliban have been engaged on prisoner swap process, the militants had carried out a deadly car bombing in Helmand province that killed five soldiers—showing unwillingness over prospective of reduction in violence, despite calls of ceasefire offered by the US, NATO, Afghan …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has once again called on the Taliban to accept humanitarian ceasefire as the pandemic coronavirus is in a surge across the country. Speaking to a press conference, President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said that humanitarian ceasefire is a demand of the Afghan government …

Regrettably, the government of Iran has always treated Afghan refugees with discrimination and the country continues to do so against the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic as well. Since the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, in an uncivilized series of actions, Afghans in Iran infected with coronavirus were denied care at hospitals …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said it has recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 2,894 across Afghanistan. Health Ministry Deputy, Wahidullah Majroh said that out of 498 samples, 190 cases were positive. Speaking at a press …