Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health in a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the international day of countering the Human Immunodeficiency Viruses HIV, has said that nearly 3, 000 HIV cases have so far been recorded in Afghanistan. The gathering was held to improve public awareness about the …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission calls on the government and other entities engaged in disabled people’s issues to resolve their problems. The commission criticized the government for not taking the disabled problems serious, saying that there was no position for disabled people in the government’s senior …

AT News KABUL: An American military newspaper reports that the US air attacks launched to target Taliban militants, have caused increase in civilian casualties. The Stars and Stripes writes that in a very recent incident, civilians were killed and wounded in a US airstrike in Afghanistan’s province of Khost, adding …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Council for Peace and Salvation (ACPS) on Sunday has said it would work on a draft along with different political parties and civil organizations to find way how to cope with current crisis across the country. Addressing a press conference titled “peace conference and essential proposal …

AT News KABUL: At least two people have been killed after Taliban insurgents opened fire on residents of Sar-e-Pul province who took out to the streets to protest against bad behavior of the Taliban group there, security officials said on Sunday. Ministry of defense in a statement said that six …

By Mohammad Mosa Ahmadzai Quarter of children in Afghanistan is deprived of education due to the current conflict and extreme poverty. Poverty deprives many Afghan children and force them to work from dawn to sunset in sever conditions to earn and support their extended families as they are the only …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Freed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks says he never gave up hope he would be rescued during three “long and tortuous” years in captivity in Afghanistan. Speaking publicly for the first time since his release as part of a complex prisoner swap almost two weeks ago, the …

AT News KABUL: At least 33 militants have been killed and 18 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 the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

AT News KABUL: In series of surrendering, a group of 49 more fighters of Daesh loyalists have given up violence by laying down their arms in eastern Nangarhar province, ministry of defense Sunday. A press statement issued by Ministry of Defense said that 49 more Daesh fighters, along 21 women …

AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban fighters, including two commanders of the group have been killed in separate operations carried out in northern Jawzjan and Faryab provinces. A press statement issued by 209 Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that 21 Taliban fighters, including two key commanders of the group …