Afghanistan Times
Speaking for the first time since missing their flight home in October, six Afghan men who live with disabilities after being wounded in the war say they are owed protection in Australia. After his father’s death, Aminullah Arsalan joined the Afghan National Army at 18 so he could put food …
Read More »Be merciless against the enemy: defense minister tells troops
KABUL: Asadullah Khaled, the newly appointed defense caretaker minister said that army would increase offensive operations, calling on the soldiers to “cruelly act against the enemies of Afghanistan”. Khaled, an intelligence director under ex-president Hamid Karzai and a critic of President Ashraf Ghani, was appointed by Ghani last week as …
Read More »Afghanistan inks deals for social welfare projects
KABUL: Ministry of Energy and Water on Saturday said it had signed agreements with private corporations for implementation of five social welfare and infrastructure projects. Projects to be implemented include ‘construction of gabion of first part of Balkh’s Shor Tepa district’, ‘Takhar’s Qalbres and Shorab canals’, ‘construction of headquarters of …
Read More »120,000 tons of commodities transited from Iran’s Chabahar Port to Afghanistan
AT Monitoring desk-KABUL: Some 120,000 tons of commodities were transited to Afghanistan from southeastern Iranian Port of Chabahar over the past 14 months, according to deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran. Mohammad-Ali Hassanzadeh said that the shipments to the Port of Chabahar, mostly wheat and cereal, are …
Read More »“Nation must have a space in peace process”
KABUL: In the midst of the strenuous peace talks, Afghanistan Peace House (APH) has called on the government to entitle women and social activists to have a space and take active part in the peace process. The council on Saturday said the government should categorically refrain from brokering clandestine deals …
Read More »Lawmakers reiterate call for Taliban to join intra-Afghan talks
KABUL: Members of parliament call on Taliban militants to abandon war and join the intra-Afghan peace dialogues. The legislators on Saturday also asked the insurgents not to give chance to the world including Afghanistan’s neighboring nations to get advantage from the war in the country, and they should focus on …
Read More »Kabul, Washington at loggerheads over election delay
KABUL: The governments of Afghanistan and the United States are in deep discord over a delay in the next year’s presidential polls, a government source revealed on Saturday. The source who wished to speak anonymously told Kabul News that President Ghani’s administration has agreed a three-month delay, while the foreigners …
Read More »Trump hasn’t ordered Afghan troop withdrawal, says White House
AT Monitoring Desk-Donald Trump hasn’t ordered the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, a White House spokesman said, contradicting reports last week that he’s directed the military to pull 7,000 soldiers out of a conflict he’s long criticized. “The president has not made a determination to drawdown U.S. military presence …
Read More »Germany may withdraw troops in Afghanistan if American leaves
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former German Defense Chief General Harald Kujat warned that a probable American military withdrawal from Afghanistan may jeopardize German troops and force them to leave. “If the United States reduces itself to a small contingent in Afghanistan there’s no reason for us to continue the mission anymore,” …
Read More »Ghani touts Saudi’s support for Afghan peace
KABUL: With the country striving to get reconciled with the militant Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani in a telephonic conversation with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudtouted the kingdom’s role in helping advancing the peace talks. President Ghani praised Saudi Arabia’s role and termed it important to promote peace and …
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