Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Balkh province said that the Taliban rebels have shot dead eight civilians in Sholgara district of the province. The civilians had been earlier abducted by the Taliban in Nahar-e-Surkh village of Sholgara, said provincial police spokesman Adelshah Adel. A woman and a child …

KABUL: Government of Afghanistan has set free 100 Taliban prisoners following storms of criticism from the United States and the Taliban itself for constant delays to do so. Reports suggest that the government has not freed fifteen Taliban commanders whom the Taliban demanded be freed too at the earliest. President …

AT News KABUL: As Italy has been severely suffering from covid-19 outbreak, the country’s national health institute has shared consultations regarding fighting the mental pressure of the coronavirus. The consultation has been shared under the title of “fighting the mental pressure at homes and families”.  The institute wrote that the …

AT News KABUL: Dispute over kite flying has left at least three (kite runners) dead in Kabul, a capital city where its security and health officials are scrambling to halt the spread of wild coronavirus outbreak that so far killed 14 across the country and over 420 others were infected. …

AT News KABUL: Health officials in western Herat province said that covid-19 diagnostic laboratory has been temporarily closed due to lack of medical facilities. The laboratory would remain closed until the new medical instruments to be provided. Head of Provincial Public Health, Abdul Hakim Tamana said that many of the …

AT News KABUL: The EU Delegation in agreement with EU Heads of Mission based in Kabul have called for an immediate implementation of a comprehensive and nation-wide humanitarian ceasefire in Afghanistan, in line with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres´ appeal for a stop to armed conflicts. The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening …

Subsequent to the Taliban breaking off negotiations with the Afghan government mainly due to a failure to hammer out a prisoner swap – agreed upon in the US-Taliban peace pact inked in February – the US, whose reputation is at stake at the moment, gets back at the fragile Afghan …

By NAJIBULLAH LOODIN Central Asia, consisting of the southern former Soviet Union provinces, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, is enriched in natural resources. Central Asia, with the population of 60 million people, covers an area of 4 million square kilometers. The population density of Central Asia is 15 people/km2. …

One world, one fight. MCC is taking actions to fight against Covid-19. KABUL: On 5th April, the first batch of Covid-19 supplies donated by China Metallurgical Group (MCC) arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and were handed over to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP). This batch of …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has canceled a decree he had previously issued to restructure the finance ministry, the ministry says. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, who was recently nominated by Ghani as the caretaker finance minister, said Tuesday that the president returned all finance ministry’s authorities to the body by …