Afghanistan Times

By Sabawoon Ahmadzai The national labor conference in Kabul April-May 2018 brought to light a number of issues impacting the Afghan labor force, which need to be redressed to fix the growing unemployment and underemployment rates in the country. In Afghanistan, there is currently a significant lack of decent subsistence …

Ex-spymaster Rahmatullah Nabil says no politicians will ever attend illegitimate inauguration of none of the leaders AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil will boycott the swearing-in ceremony of Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, whom he and many others have called “an illegitimate” President. Amidst an aggravating post-election crisis, presidential …

AT News KABUL: In the wake of political division over disputed election, the NATO civilian representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Kay has called for a ‘cooling off’ situation among the Afghan leaders. He cited the remarks amid high election tensions, erupted between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah after …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Welcoming the US-Taliban peace deal likely to be signed later this month, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said China believed that the treaty would pave way for a smooth and orderly withdrawal of foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan and prevent terrorist organizations from taking …

AT News KABUL: Lawyers believe that preparations for President Ashraf Ghani’s swearing in ceremony were illegal, citing the law that says the ceremony should be be held at least one month after the president is elected. Sobhan Mesbah, member of the lawyers’ association, said Monday that Ghani’s preparations for taking …

Talibanhad earlier hinted that reduced violence didn’t mean “cessation of fighting” and that isolated attacks shouldn’t be interpreted as “transgression” AT News KABUL: Three days after the Taliban insurgency agreed to a week-long ‘reduction in violence’ on Friday midnight, reportssuggested isolated insurgent attacks in a few provinces and killing of …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

Public Health Minister declares emergency situation in Herat—a source of coronavirus flare-up; US forces in Afghanistan monitoring coronavirus after first infection confirmed By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health has declared emergency situation in western Herat province after first case of infection of coronavirus in the province—and moreover, …

The first case of the novel, fearsome coronavirus, officially named COVID-19 now, has been confirmed in the western Herat province of Afghanistan. The virus epidemic swiftly spread across the globe since it was first detected in China in late December and has since spread to more than 28 other countries, …