Afghanistan Times

The turn of the year and decade from 2019 to 2020 will hopefully open up a new chapter for Afghanistan in terms of peace, political stability and development. The progress made in 2019 in terms of the Afghan peace process and other areas is going to carry on to 2020, …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations on Wednesday said that it needed $733 million in humanitarian relief to vulnerable Afghans during the current year. As many as 9.4 million Afghans would be in need of humanitarian aid in 2020 — up from 6.3 million in 2019, said the UN’s Humanitarian …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan U-19 National Cricket Team on Wednesday left Kabul to South Africa for U-19 World Cup preparation. The team will be engaged in 15 days practice before to play their first match against the host country South Africa in group D on 17th January, Afghanistan Cricket Board …

AT News KABUL: A notorious drug trafficker was arrested with 841-kg narcotics during a crackdown carried out by the Afghan National Police (ANP) in western Herat province. He drugs dealer arrested in Obe district of the province Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, …

AT News KABUL: At least 72 Taliban militants have been killed and 29 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 Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …

AT News KABUL: While the Afghans hopping that the New Year (2020) would be merely safe, authorities in northern Afghanistan said Wednesday that at least 34 Afghan security forces have been killed and a number of others received injuries in the first day of the year. A military sources who …

AT News KABUL: At least 15 Taliban militants have been killed and three others wounded after clearance operation conducted by Afghan security forces in Daikundi province, official said on Wednesday. Ministry of Interior in a statement said that 15 Taliban militants were killed and three others wounded during a clearance …

AT News KABUL: Afghan spy forces on Wednesday have detained a group of 10 Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province. According to a statement issued by Kandahar Press Disk, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives succeeded to capture a group of 10 Taliban insurgents, who were behind assassination of …

The previous year witnessed a myriad of security, political and electoral issues AT News KABUL: Although 2019 was called a ‘year of peace’, the level of casualties inflicted on people throughout the year was relatively higher. However, the year eventually came to an end with multiple political, security, economic and …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of controversial election process, the Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) on Tuesday said that 90 percent of the complaints would be classify and investigate within 15 days. IECC’s spokesman, Qasim Ilyasi said that complaints of 10 out of 34 provinces have been completed. More …