Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have detained an important commander of the Taliban group in southern Helmand province. Ministry of Interior on Sunday said that Haji Raees, a key commander of Taliban militants arrested during a clearance operation carried out by GCPSU in Nawa district of the province. …

AT News KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan says that government has transferred 15 billion Afs from Central Bank to the ministry of finance without any transparency. The Watchdog said Saturday that besides some legal considerations over the money transfer from Central Bank, the government had not provided information to anybody, …

AT News KABUL: As insecurity has been intensifying all over the country, some members of the Parliament on their Saturday session have decided to summon the top security authorities and hold them accountable for the ongoing security tensions across Afghanistan. After serious criticism by the lawmakers, speaker of the parliament, …

AT News KABUL: A 131-year-old man in western Farah province has been fasting over the past 40 years for the sake of the establishment of peace and stability in the country. Apart from Tuesday, the elderly man has been observing fast six days a week since the invasion of former …

Although there is not much hype surrounding the US-Taliban peace talks since they were paused earlier this month in the wake of a Taliban attack on Bagram Air Base, it seems the talks have been quietly forging ahead and some developments have been made. According to a Wall Street Journal …

AT News KABUL: A number of inhabits in northern Jawzjan province has said that Taliban militants have situated monthly 50 Afs extortion per family in Manjang district of the province. If the residents didn’t pay, the Taliban would not allow them to live there. The Taliban have established the checkpoints …

AT News KABUL: The parliament alleges of vast corruption in the national commission of procurement, saying that head of the commission was not ready to answer the MPs’ question in a summon session. Parliament Speaker, Mir Rahman Rahmani, said Saturday that neither the acting commerce minister nor head of procurement …

“You deepened the friendly relationship between Japan and Afghanistan and made remarkable contributions to expanding humanitarian assistance and international cooperation,” Japanese PM AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month, was posthumously awarded on Friday a decoration for his contribution to the development …

AT News KABUL: Authorities confirmed membership revocation of the two female athletics from Afghanistan National Bowling Team as the athletics have neglected wearing of “Islamic Hijab” (veil) during their play in one of the gulf countries. The National Bowling Federation has described the two athletic as Fazila Hoorzad and Zohal …

AT News KABUL: The government of Pakistan has offered 1,000 educational scholarships for the Afghan students for academic year of 2020. The Pakistan embassy in Kabul has said that the country’s foreign deputy minister and ambassador Zahid Nasrullah have inaugurated the second round of “Alama Iqbal” scholarships. At least 100 …