Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: A number of civil activists have staged protest in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday against the use of Pakistani rupees, asking for complete popularizing of Afghani currency in daily business across the province. Nangarhar Press Disk in a statement said that civil …

AT News KABUL: At least 18 people were wounded, after a bike-born Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blew up in northern Balkh province on Tuesday morning, official said. The blast occurred in Alkozai square in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh, where 18 people, all them civilians, received injuries, Balkh Police …

AT News KABUL: At least 55 Taliban militants have been killed and 21 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 that the Afghan National …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev has met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources of Afghanistan Naheed Esar, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan issues. At the meeting, Uzbekistan’s efforts to resolve the Afghan …

AT News KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday at the Security Council meeting entreated Afghan candidates and other “stakeholders” to continue supporting the Afghan election process. “When I last addressed this Council, the people of Afghanistan were preparing to vote in the …

Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …

AT News KABUL: An electoral commission, Mohammad Hanif Danishyar has been accused of being forged his identity card—the case must be probed, said Chief Executive Office.  CEO’s spokesman, Omid Maisom said that Danishar’s hypocoristic documents should be investigated by the judicial system. A domestic newspaper, Itlaat-e-Roz has found out documents, …

AT News KABUL: Political analysts believe that donor countries and the international community are dissatisfied with Afghan government’s campaign against corruption. The analysts say that the US ambassador’s accusing statements in the presence of the vice president, government officials and representatives from international organizations was an insult to the government. …

AT News KABUL: Tens of people in the eastern province of Laghman took to the streets on Monday to protest killing of one civilian and injuring of two more by the intelligence operatives. The protesters blocked road to Kabul and said that the National Directorate of Security’s unit 02 attacked …

AT News KABUL: Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday said that audit and recounting process have been completed in three provinces out of seven, and the rest will be finished today (Tuesday). According to IEC, audit and recounting process has already been ended in Panjshir, Jawzjan and Sar-e-Pul provinces. Panjshir …