Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan has outrightly rejected speculations about presence of US military or air base on its soil, Pakistan media reported. “There is no US military or air base in Pakistan, nor is any such proposal envisaged. Any speculation on this account is baseless and irresponsible and should …
Read More »Iranian fire fighters help to distinguish fire incident in Farah port
AT News KABUL: A dreadful fire in the Abu Nasr Farahi port in western province of Farah was distinguished by Iranian fire fighters. Abdullah Walizada, an official at the state ministry for national disaster management said Tuesday that the fire began in the morning and several oil tankers caught fire. …
Read More »Taliban pledges ‘safe environment’ for diplomats, aid workers
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Taliban on Tuesday pledged to provide a “safe environment” to foreign diplomats, after Australia announced it would shutter its embassy over security concerns in the near time. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan assures all foreign diplomats and staff of humanitarian organizations that (we) will not …
Read More »Taliban peace negotiators in Pakistan to consult militant leadership
AT News KABUL: Taliban’s peace negotiating team has arrived in Pakistan from their Qatar political office to consult wither their leadership based in the city of Quetta about the possible conference be held in Turkey. The Pakistan visit was reported by Razzak Barq, a Pakistani freelance journalist who said that …
Read More »Tens of Afghan Sikhs, Hindus return home
AT News KABUL: Forty families of Sikhs and Hindus have repatriated after spending years in migration due to escalating violence that targeted the minority as well. “These 40 families have come back home from India and received cash and foodstuff provided by the government,” said Narendra Singh Khalsa, the only …
Read More »Afghan women rights on verge of collapse as international forces exit
AT News KABUL: The rights of the Afghan women are on verge of collapse as the international troops preparing for exit, leaving the country’s peace negotiations in stalemate and uncertainty, said an international watchdog. The Amnesty International in a report published on Monday, expressed “grave” concerns on possible violation of …
Read More »China to donate 700,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: China has pledged to deliver 700,000 of COVID-19 vaccines to Afghanistan, Afghan health officials said, in a boost for immunization campaign which has already begun with a number of Afghans now vaccinated. According to the ministry of public health, 280,000 members of the Afghan security forces, more …
Read More »UN, NGOs assure to deliver aid to millions of Afghans in need
AT News KABUL: Humanitarian actors in Afghanistan (the UN and national and international NGOs) are committed to staying and delivering impartial and neutral assistance to millions of people in need, OCHA in Afghanistan said on Monday in a statement. “Ongoing conflict, spiralling food insecurity and the adverse impact of the …
Read More »UK variant Covid cases reported in Afghanistan’s 18 provinces
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reports of the outbreak of the new UK-variant cases of Corona virus in 18 of 34 provinces, with Mirwais Alizai deputy spokesman for the ministry saying on Sunday that the most cases of the UK-variant disease were found in Nangarhar province in …
Read More »Foreign terrorists fighting Afghan forces in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Mohammad Zakariya Sawda, governor for Badakhshan province in the northeast, says that foreign terrorists have come there from the provinces of Faryab and Nangarhar to fight government forces. He said Sunday that the terrorists are in the districts of Wardooj, Jorm and Raghestan. “We arrested a terrorist …
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