Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan is witnessing intense clashes between government forces and Taliban insurgents, even as various countries are trying to reinvigorate peace talks in different world capitals, Anadolu Agency reported Friday. In a major security advancement, Afghan forces on Friday said they have recaptured Darqad district from the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan was ranked 173 in the World Bank’s “Doing Business Report for 2019: Training for Reform” and received a score of 44.1. Last year the score was 47.7, and Afghanistan ranked 167 in the index. According to the report, Afghanistan’s position has dropped by six points …

AT News Report KABUL: Moscow hosted a quadrilateral meeting between representatives from Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan, where they discussed the peace process in Afghanistan. The US envoy for Afghan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad represented Washington in the meeting held on Friday, which according to reports, negotiated on coordination …

AT News Report KABUL: Some army soldiers criticize state-run medical facilities for not providing good services for them, saying they are hospitalized for several months without any serious attention by doctors and other medical staff. Zainollah, a soldier who was wounded in Uruzgan province, said that he had been hospitalized …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have cleared Darqad district of northern Takhar province from presence of the Taliban insurgents in a larger scale operation carried 16 days ago. Ministry of Defense on Friday said the operation was launched on October 14 and early on Friday the district …

AT News Report KABUL: AT least five people have been killed and 17 others received injuries after a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle convoy of Afghan Intelligence forces in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province, official said Friday.  The attack took place in the National Directorate of Security …

AT News Report KABUL: Officials from the World Health Organization, Save the Children and the Afghan Ministry of Public Health has reported at least 19 new polio incidents in the country over the past ten months. All cases were reported in the eastern and southern regions of the country, said …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says the culprits of breaching its data center, were introduced to the attorney general office for investigation. The commission officials said Friday that a special delegation appointed to probe the breaching, decided to introduce the employees suspected to the incident to …

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah emphasizes on an inclusive delegation from the government to hold talks with Taliban. Abdullah said in an interview with the CNN that the US envoy for Afghan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad paved the ground for an intra-Afghan dialogue. Khalilzad started a series of …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO’s support to Afghanistan with both forces and funding remains “steadfast” the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday during a press conference ahead of the second day of the NATO defense ministerial in Brussels. “Our support to Afghanistan with both forces and funding remains steadfast. …