By Elham Kabir It has been almost four decades since the war in Afghanistan flamed—the chaos begins after the collapse of Mohammed Daoud Khan government on 1978 by Soviets-USSR alongside with its Afghan allies. On 1979, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty …
Read More »Relationship between Covid-19 and developing economy
The term developing describes a currently observed situation and not a changing dynamic or expected direction of progress. Since the late 1990s, developing countries tended to demonstrate higher growth rates than developed countries. Developing countries tend to have some characteristics in common. For example, with regards to health risks, they …
Read More »Kabul hopes prisoner exchange prompts ceasefire
AT News KABUL: The government hopes the prisoner exchange encourages Taliban to agree on the reduction in violence and a lasting cease fire. The government has so far released some 360 Taliban prisoners in a move to encourage militants for face to face negotiations. The fighters’ release is based on …
Read More »Only a third of prisoners freed by Taliban are soldiers
AT News KABUL: The National Security Council said that only 19 of the prisoners freed by the Taliban are the military personnel, following the government and militant group prisoner exchange process to pave the ground for the next phase of the fragile Afghan peace process. Spokesman for the NSC, Javid …
Read More »Six dead after roof collapse leaves Kunar IDP camp on the brink
AT News KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar said that six people have died and three others wounded after a roof collapsed due to heavy rain in one of the displaced families camp in the province. Abdul Ghani Mumim, a provincial governor’s spokesman said the incident took place in Khas …
Read More »Fatal floods kill 47 in Afghanistan in past weeks
AT News KABUL: Afghan authorities have said that the fatal floods that hit Afghanistan have left 47 people dead with hundreds of homes partially and fully damaged. Ahmad Tamim Azimi, spokesman for the ministry of state in natural disaster management said that six people have recently died in floods flawed …
Read More »Afghanistan turns palace into isolation ward; Virus cases soar past 933
AT News KABUL: Darul-Aman, the newly rehabilitated palace has turned into an isolation ward for the covid-19 patients as the pandemic getting serious in Afghanistan with fragile health system. Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said that it has established a 200-bed quarantine center in the palace as the …
Read More »No breakthroughs; Squabbling leaders slowly breaking ‘stalemate’
AT News KABUL: A post-vote rift between Afghanistan’s political rivals is slowly nearing an end, but with no breakthroughs yet. Mediation between president Ghani and his rival Abdullah over another potential power-sharing deal is holding a slender but propitious promise of rapprochement between the two squabbling leaders. Former chief executive …
Read More »Cash Vs Food: The Donor Dilemma
Haseeb Rahimi In my previous article in Afghanistan Times, I argued about the importance of cash distribution for the vulnerable families that live under the poverty line. I have been asked about the benefits of the Cash versus Food distribution. First, distributing cash is another concept of the universal basic …
Read More »Lockdown Extension: Afghan Government Calculus to Decide Should Reflect Ground Realities
By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA The Government decision to extend lockdown for another three weeks has resulted in a range of reactions on social networks and media outlets across the country from people in different strata of society. Most people believe the Government decision to ban movement of people – including …
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