Afghanistan Times

Presidential hopefuls challenge Ghani’s legitimacy, call for interim govt By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Presidential Candidates Council (PCC) along with thousands of supporters have gathered in Kabul Sports Stadium on Tuesday, calling continuation of the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders illegal, and asked for interim set up. The government expired on …

AT News Reports KABUL: Visiting a polling registration center in Kabul on Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah said that he is informed of interferences in the Independent Election Commission’s Affairs (IEC). Abdullah told mediaman that complaints of meddling in the IEC ‘s affairs have been reported to him. …

AT News Report KABUL: Kabul Police has arrested a most-wanted criminal Abdul Hamid Khorasani in Kabul on Tuesday morning, who has been accused of various organized crimes, and was also in hide for a period of time to save the skin. Spokesman for Ministry of Interior, NasratRahimi said Khorasani—dangerous criminal, …

AT News Report KABUL: In reaction to Taliban’s threat against Afghan media outlets, the US ambassador to Kabul John Bass on Tuesday said that journalism is not a crime and called on the Taliban to stop threating Afghan journalists. All media staffers in Kabul, the capital city, and elsewhere across …

AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE), said Tuesday that using of schools as polling stations in the September Presidential elections would throw schools to the firing line and would inflict financial damages to the educational system, thus no polling station inside them. “We have submitted a plan …

AT News Reports KABUL: Local officials in southeastern Logar province said Tuesday that Azra district may soon be collapsed to the Taliban militants as insurgents almost taken control of all roads surrounding district. District governor, Hamidullah Hamid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban fighters including foreign militants have reached …

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs has suggested to keep the issue of Durand Line at bay for now as it is not a good time to raise the subject with Pakistan. But, some Afghan politicians recently made remarks on the Line which hurt sentiments of Afghans across the …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have retaken the control of Bilcheragh district of Faryab province, which was being under Taliban rheostat for two years. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that army forces recaptured the district in an operation conducted in the district on Tuesday. According …

AT News Report KABUL: Alliance Chief Jens Stoltenberg has reaffirmed NATO’s fully support for U.S. efforts to end the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and lead toa broker deal with the Taliban group. Ahead of NATO Defense Minister Summit in Brussels,NATO Secretary General said Tuesday Afghanistan would be an important agenda …

On Monday, Taliban called on the Afghan media organizations to stop what they consider “anti-jihad and anti-Taliban sentiments”. The threat includes radios, televisions and other media such as newspapers, news agencies and online outlets. They said that if the media ignored their announcement and did not stop publishing anti-Taliban advertisements …