Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL – The United States has issued a firm call to action for Afghanistan’s neighboring nations, with a specific focus on Pakistan, urging them to open their doors to Afghan refugees. The U.S. State Department has encouraged Pakistan to embrace Afghans seeking refuge and to fulfill their obligations …

AT News KABUL – A Taliban court has ordered the release of French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who had been detained for a staggering 284 days, according to Reporters Without Borders. Behboudi, 29, originally hailing from Afghanistan but a refugee in France since 2015, was released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul …

AT News KABUL – The Taliban have expressed a formal interest in joining China’s expansive Belt and Road Infrastructure initiative. Acting commerce minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi announced on October 19 that a technical team will be dispatched to China for discussions regarding this potential partnership. This overture comes at a …

AT News KABUL – A recently published book titled ‘The Reverse Swing – Colonialism to Cooperation’ by Ashok Tandon, former media advisor to late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has made claims about the alleged involvement of Pakistan’s military and intelligence agency, the ISI, in the illicit drug trade in …

AT Kabul: Taliban government in a statement strongly condemned the bombardment of “Al-Momadah” hospital in Gaza, Palestine and threatened the Israel with countermeasures. The statement says, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan calls on all the people and governments of the world, organizations that defend human rights, the United Nations and …

AT Kabul: The United Nations’ World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan. Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in …

AT Kabul: Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor, has emphasized the importance of cooperation in Afghanistan for the establishment of an inclusive government, the eradication of terrorism, and the promotion of women’s and all Afghan rights. On Tuesday, Mr Doval, during the continuation of the National Security Advisors’ meeting between …

AT News KABUL – Afghanistan’s emergency response has been severely hampered by successive earthquakes and storms, leaving countless families devastated and in dire need of aid. The latest of four earthquakes, striking Herat province, have left nearly 20,000 people across six Afghan districts and 30 new villages in crisis. Tragically, …

AT News KABUL – A mob of Afghan residents has allegedly descended upon a team of Customs officials, accompanied by police and paramilitary rangers in Pakistan’s Karachi city in a confrontation that erupted as the authorities carried out a raid to seize smuggled goods from a bustling market in one …

AT News KABUL – The Taliban leadership has sent their acting commerce minister to Beijing to participate in the Belt and Road Forum, marking highest-profile diplomatic engagement even though the group has no international legitimacy and is pleading for recognition. China has been actively pursuing closer ties with the Taliban …