Afghanistan Times

In this modern era, Afghanistan still suffers from the scarcity of electricity – imported by the existing power utility from some Central Asian countries – which has proven inadequate to meet the needs of people in the whole country. Besides, it’s been years now that the Da Afghanistan Bareshna Shirkat …

AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of ongoing election tensions, a prominent elite and leader of “Hezb-e-Junbish” political party, Abdul Rashid Dostum has called on President Ashraf Ghani not to repeat “past history” and not to be in dreams of “suppressing” the citizens. “I am very concerned about security …

AT News Report KABUL: Some political leaders criticize President Ghani for what they allege “monopoly” of the upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations in the Chinese capital, saying that the talks should not be controlled by the government. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami party, who is competing in the presidential contests, said Tuesday …

Amid the growing insecurity in Afghanistan with civilian casualties at its peak, there have been numerous reports of atrocities perpetrated by all sides into the conflict – namely the Afghan government, the US and the Taliban – against innocent Afghan people. Miserably, such war crimes go unpunished almost all the …

AT News Report KABUL: Some analysts have called the foreigners interference in presidential polls a reason behind the election crisis in the country. The analysts protested that Sri Lanka’s presidential polls results were announced in only one day but Afghanistan’s election results have been gone for months. A member of …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned the US President Trump’s decision to pardon those American troops who have killed Afghan civilians and committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Karzai denounced the move as against all human norms and principle, saying that the US government proved by this …

AT News Report KABUL: The role of women throughout the Afghan peace process with the Taliban has been so far significant. There have been three rounds of intra-Afghan talks conducted between the Afghan political elites and the Taliban delegation. Two of them were in Moscow and the third one in …

AT News Report KABUL: The state minister in peace affairs, Abdul Salam Rahimi has held a meeting in Beijing with the newly appointed Chinese ambassador to Kabul, where both sides exchanged views over preparation of intra-Afghan talks, which is likely to be held in China. The state ministry for peace …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Monday met with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head, Tadamichi Yamamoto and expressed concerns over the foreign interferences in the Afghanistan’s presidential elections. Karzai said that the UN office in Afghanistan should remain as an impartial international body …

AT News Report KABUL: Members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are true son of this soil who all the time echoed strong resolve to defend the country, a young politician said, while expressing his grave concerns over embroiling them into dirty political battles. ANDSF is the …