Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Alice Wells on Tuesday held a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani, where they discussed election, peace and regional issues. The presidential palace in a statement said that US diplomat has praised the successful conduct …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 17 drug runners were sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. A statement issued by Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Tuesday that 17 drug traffickers, including a woman sentenced to …

AT News Report KABUL: A special report released Tuesday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) describes the severe impact of election-related violence on civilians, mainly coming from the Taliban’s deliberate campaign of violence and intimidation to disrupt Afghanistan’s presidential election. UNAMA’s findings indicated that attacks targeting the electoral …

It has turned into a set trend now that every time there is an opportunity for Afghans to thrive in terms of trade and economics – as well as other matters – our neighboring Pakistan is always there to create obstacles, availing of its infamous practice of double-dealing. The country …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of the capital residents say that the increasing target murders were a matter of concern. Several government officials including the police chief for the Jaghatoo district of Wardak province were assassinated this week by unknown gunmen in Kabul city’s Police District 11. The Kabul …

AT News Report KABUL: The members of senate sent Monday the cases of some government officials they consider corrupt to the attorney general office. The senate’s commission for public complaints said that officials from the ministries of finance, foreign affairs, higher education, commerce and agriculture, who were blamed for making …

AT News Report KABUL: Residents in northern Badakhshan province on Monday claimed that at least 15 civilians were killed and 18 others, including children wounded in an airstrike conducted on Sunday afternoon in Warduj district of the province. However, local officials confirmed two people were killed and six other, all …

AT News Report KABUL: In a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani, NATO top commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller has said that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have beaten the militants and killed key terrorist members recently across the country. In a statement the presidential palace said …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States supports a decision made by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to validate and count only the biometric votes. John Bass, the United States Ambassador to Kabul, said Monday that his country considers transparency important in the announcing of election results, emphasizing that it …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday has called on the Taliban to show willingness to make a real compromise at the negotiating table, and expect resumption of peace talks between US and Taliban. “We would welcome the resumption of the talks, but then Taliban must …