Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: After scores of residents in northern Faryab province have lodged compliant over an illegal armed commander, Nizamudin Qaisari, the interior ministry said that efforts are underway to approach legitimated investigation on the moans. “We have received people’ compliance about Qaisari’s illegal actions and the compliances are under …

AT News KABUL: The “Stability and Partnership” an electoral team led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, has once again warned the Independent Election Commission (IEC), saying that fraudulent votes should be declared invalid in the next “three days”. The electoral team set Saturday as deadline for the IEC to clean …

AT NEWS KABUL: Russia Special Representative for Afghanistan says that Taliban are dissatisfied with the composition of the Afghan delegation for peace talks in Beijing, and that is why everything has been frozen. The date for conducting a meeting of the inter-Afghan dialogue in Beijing has not been coordinated yet …

AT News KABUL: The National Directorate of Security has brushed aside the allegation of sexual abuse cases against school students in central Logar province, saying the claims have been made by some members of the provincial civil society, who intended to seek asylum in foreign countries. The NDS said in …

AT News KABUL: Some political experts praised Wahid Mozhda for opposing the foreign military presence in Afghanistan, calling him an anti-US figure. Mozhda, a political analyst was shot dead by two unknown gunmen last week near his residence in Kabul. In a seminar held Tuesday in Kabul about Mozhda’s character …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan Air Force received five MD-530 Cayuse Warrior light attack helicopters on November 22. The helicopters were delivered to Kandahar via a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft on October 27 and were reassembled for active service within ten days, according to a statement by the US-based …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 25 Taliban militants during air and ground operations carried out in eastern Laghman province, Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The operations were carried out in Alingar and Alishang districts of the province, ministry said in a statement. A large …

AT News KABUL: Over 375,800 people in Afghanistan have left their homes this year due to fighting with many of these people remained displaced across the country, as conflict and poverty prevent them from returning to their areas of origin, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) …

Women in Afghanistan have been constantly suppressed and their rights violated, partly due to the never-ending conflicts. Although their situation has improved to some extent over the past one and a half decades, they still face violence across the country. Among many others, a few of the improvements could be …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan U19 cricket team has beaten India’s U19 by 3 wickets in the third ODI to stay alive in the five-match series in Lucknow, India. Having won the toss, Afghanistan opted to field first. India U19 were all out for 152 in 49 overs setting a …