Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: More than 140 acres of lands the government’s cabinet sold to Alokozay, a non-alcoholic beverage company were the properties of a man named Karabala Khan. The Sputnik news agency reported on Tuesday that the lands lying in the Deh Sabz district, east of Kabul were sold 2015 …

AT News KABUL: As the marathon peace negotiations seems in tatters, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has called on the Taliban to engage in talks with Afghans as America is losing in Afghanistan. Hezb-i-Islami leader in an interview with Anadolu Agency insisted that Taliban should initially talk to Afghans, not Americans. “Intra-Afghan talks …

AT News KABUL: A number of youth and rights activist of western Ghor province have donated hundreds of books to the provincial central-jail, aiming to boost literacy and culture of book reading among the inmates. “A prison should be provided with books to learn reading and improve knowledge,” said Hassan …

AT News KABUL: Though the US administration has been seeking a peace deal with the Taliban group that could trail to an ending of longest violence and the Pentagon’s unwinnable war in Afghanistan, the numbers of civilian casualties is still in an unabated surface. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission …

AT News KABUL: A day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks about the Taliban’s intent for reduction of violence, the militant group has said that they have the will and ability to solve the problem. The Taliban’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a statement that the peace process …

AT News KABUL: In an effort to take immediate action to quell a possible impinge on coronavirus—a deadly virus outbreak from China, the ministry of public health said it has opened a hundred bed special units in Afghan-Japan hospital in Kabul. Prevention and control of coronavirus is on top agenda …

AT News KABUL: Integrity Watch Afghanistan says President Ghani’s administration has recovered a meager $30 million connected to the massive embezzlement from Kabul Bank, faulting the government of national unity for twiddling its thumbs with regard to the billion-dollar scandal. The watchdog said Tuesday that President Ghani has not held …

AT News KABUL: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday supported a protest by 30 Afghan media outlets about the government’s failure to apply the law on access to state-held information, which was drafted with RSF’s help. The Afghan authorities must fully implement this law, RSF said. “We are deeply concerned …

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are strained more often than now. There are always multiple excuses and problems to spoil the ties. Ranging from cross-point fires and trade hurdles to visa issuance difficulties, there is a myriad of issues between the two neighbors. The problem of visa issuance at the …

AT News KABUL: At least 37 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …