Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, discussing the regional security and Ankara’s support to run the Kabul-Hamid Karzai international airport. The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement that Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar mentioned to his Afghan counterpart that Turkey …
Read More »Attack on UN compound draws global ire
AT News KABUL: A recent attack on the United Nations headquarters in Herat city on Friday has drawn global condemnations. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned an attack in its main compound in the western Afghan province of Herat on Friday that left an Afghan police guard dead and other officers injured. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Eri Kaneko, …
Read More »Watchdog blames Taliban for killing civilians in Spin-Boldak
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission considered the Taliban group responsible for killing of dozens of civilians in Spin-Boldak district of southern Kandahar province. The commission said that it found out the Taliban had not been committed to any humanitarian law and ignored the human rights measures. …
Read More »Daily Covid-19: 631 cases, 24 deaths
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 630 confirmed cases of the pandemic Covid-19 with 24 deaths recorded during the past 24 hours across the country. According to the ministry, the new tally was recovered out of 3,156 samples. The total number of cases surpasses 147,154. The death …
Read More »Editorial: Tragedy in Nuristan
Flash floods hit several villages in Nuristan on Thursday. As many as sixty people have been found dead and over a hundred missing in Kamdish district where hundreds of houses have been reduced to rubble. Even though there is no official report about the victims and media outlets publish conflicting …
Read More »Over 180 missing after floods hit Nuristan
AT News KABUL: More than 180 people were unaccounted for early Friday after raging flash floods in Nuristan province left more than 60 people dead and homes devastated with rescue teams struggling amid Taliban threat. In Nuristan, over 60 people were killed after heavy rains pounded parts of Kamdish district and …
Read More »First wave of Afghan interpreters evacuated to US
AT News KABUL: As the withdrawal of US troops in well on track, the first group of interpreters and local assistants to the US Army has been evacuated from Afghanistan to the United States with their family members, according to reports on Friday. The group, which includes 2,500 people, will …
Read More »Watchdog calls for protection of journalists; Aihrc demands release of journalists by NDS
AT News KABUL: Free Media Support Organization, NAI, has called on the Afghan warring parties to protect media community. The media watchdog said in a statement on Friday that the Taliban fighters have purportedly raided the office of local radio station after they overrun the Dehraud district of southern Urozgan …
Read More »Watchdog calls for protection of journalists; Aihrc demands release of journalists by NDS
AT News KABUL: Free Media Support Organization, NAI, has called on the Afghan warring parties to protect media community. The media watchdog said in a statement on Friday that the Taliban fighters have purportedly raided the office of local radio station after they overrun the Dehraud district of southern Urozgan …
Read More »Sigar on the tragic fallout of U.S.-Taliban deal; “Afghanistan teeters on the brink amid Taliban surge”
A SIGAR report says that Afghan government faces an “existential crisis” amid militant advance and that Afghan forces will not be able to weather Taliban hostilities after departure of US-led forces. It further states government has lost a whopping one third of its revenues after the fall of its strategic …
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