Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have conducted clearing raids in Paghman district of capital Kabul, where they killed at least three militants and seized a number of weapons and ammunitions. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the operation was conducted on Tuesday morning in Arghandi …

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Education (MoE) said it has granted over 180,000 returnee and Internal Displaced People (IDP)’s children with education facility across the country this year. MoE through its education working group with the financial support of domestic and international organizations has provided education facilities to 184,749 …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 24 drug runners have been sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week after they were found guilty for drug trafficking. Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in a statement said on Tuesday that 24 drug traffickers sentenced to10-30 years’ incarceration after examining …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 25 militants were killed and six 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 the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

By Seddiq Hussainy SHANGHAI: China is holding its second international import expo in its financial capital Shanghai as an attempt to open its gate to further inbound global trade, giving a brush-off to the west’s anxiety over its alleged trade malpractices amid a long-drawn trade war with the United States. …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned drone attacks on the Aryoub district of Paktia province and Dand-e-Shahaboddin district of Baghlan province, which inflicted casualties to civilians. Karzai denounced in a statement any military operations against civilians as inhumane and against Islamic principles. He reiterated demands to …

AT News Report KABUL: The Pakistani Embassy in Kabul on Monday announced the closure of its consular section for an indefinite period due to alleged safety and harassment concerns to its diplomatic personnel while the Afghan foreign ministry said it will probe Pakistan’s complaints in this regard. Meanwhile, the Ministry …

AT News Report KABUL: Presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral team claim that more than 300,000 fake votes were in the independent election commission’s data center that needed to be canceled. Noor Rahman Akhlaqi, a member of Abdullah’s electoral team said Monday that that 112,000 votes that were saved after official …

AT News Report KABUL: The women rights organization in northern Sar-e-Pul province has accused the Taliban group of committing violence against women in the province. Nabila Habibi, Provincial Director of Women Affairs said over 166 cases of violence against women have been registered in the past six months of the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least two people were killed during an armed clash over picking saffron harvest in western Herat province, local authorities said on Monday. The incident took place in Ghurian district of the province, the district chief, Farhad Khademi, told Ariana News. He said that two people …