Afghanistan Times

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 …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Film to honor the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence in a novel way has arranged a film exhibition to showcase 100 movies. Sahraa Karimi, the incumbent president of the state-run film company, told Voice of America (VoA) the film festival would be held between …

AT News Report KABUL: Key members of the Taliban group—commander and weapons supplier along with their two comrades were killed during a coalition airstrike in western Farah province. Based on intelligence report, coalition air forces carried out an airstrike targeted a Taliban corolla model vehicle in Pio village of Balablok …

Election campaign in connection with Presidential election schedule to be held on 28 September was commenced withy worst violent acts in Kabul, the capital city. Beside others, former NDS chief Amarullah Saleh who is on penal of President Dr. Ashraf Ghani for the office of First Vice President was injured …

AT News Report KABUL: As the presidential election campaign period started on 28 July and runs to 25 September, UNAMA has said that all candidates and supporters expected to engage in a fair campaign as outlined in the Election Law, the Independent Election Commission’s Code of Conduct for the candidates …