Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Afghanistan Institute for Civil Society (AICS) in a report released on Tuesday said that lack of special strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was the main factor, where companies still running away of social responsibilities in the country. AICS with the support of USAID and Counterpart …

AT News Report KAUL: More Afghan civilians were killed by Afghan and NATO coalition forces than the Taliban and other militants across the country in the first half of 2019, the UN mission in Afghanistan said in its latest report released Tuesday. The conflict in Afghanistan continues to have a …

AT News Report KABUL: Billions of Afs from the teachers’ payment was allocated for the presidential election budget, a member of parliament alleged. MP, Nahid Farid said Monday that the money of other educational programs like purchasing of text books and school building projects were also misused for the electoral …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Sunday’s “terrorist attack” on the office of the Green Trend Party, a political party founded by President Ghani’s runner mate for presidency, Amrullah Saleh. According to security and health official, 20 people mostly civilians were killed. Saleh escaped the attack …

AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan Premier Imran Khan is anticipated to visit Afghanistan in an effort to push the ongoing peace process, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday. Khan’s close aides told The Nation that he had promised to play a ‘more positive’ role in the Afghan peace process during …

AT News Report KABUL: A new polio case has been surfaced in a 9-year-old child in Garmser district of southern Helmand province, health officials said Monday. The child has been permanently paralyzed, said spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Amir Jan Rasekh, adding polio vaccine hadn’t been administered …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay, on Monday termed the ongoing violence against civilians as ‘unforgivable’, saying time has reached to put an end to this ugly mire of violence.  “The surge in violence against civilians in Afghanistan signifies that the war in this …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) ignored presidential elections boycott by some of the candidates, emphasizing that the election would be held on September 28. 12 of 18 presidential candidates have warned of boycotting the election if the government did not bring reforms in the process in …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban have hired 2,000 men to work for them in exploiting the lapis lazuli mine in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, a lawmaker said, a move days after the mine fell to the insurgents. The lapis lazuli mine lies in the district of Keran wan …

AT News Report KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said its operatives have killed three Daesh mine makers who were original from Pakistan, during a crackdown carried out in eastern Nangarhar province. Intelligence operatives conducted preemptive operation targeting Daesh terrorist group in Mohmand Dara district of province, in …