Afghanistan Times

Afghanistan is very unfortunate when it comes to nature and behavior of its neighbors. All the major neighboring countries are continuously interfering in the country. They pretend that they are Kabul’s friends, but never give up stabbing it in back. The former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and left …

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi and Urban Development Minister Sayed Saadat Mansoor Naderi met with Yao Jing, Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Kabul on Tuesday, talking on Beijing’s support to the construction and development projects in Afghanistan, the ministry of finance said. “They discussed bilateral cooperation between Afghanistan and China, fund and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iran has been fueling insurgency in the southern Helmand province to divert the central government attention from water dispute between the two states, provincial official said on Tuesday. Briefing newsmen in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, Helmand’s governor Hayatullah Hayat said, “It has been for four years that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two police officers managed to escape Taliban captivity after killing five fighters of the insurgent outfit in Baghlan province, provincial officials said on Tuesday. Spokesman for the provincial police chief, Zabihullah Shuja, said that the two escaped policemen were captured in Burka district of the province on …

When the United States bombed the extremists, it renewed hopes of Afghans that they would see the heydays again. Ouster of the Taliban from power was not only a victory for the US but a time for Afghan people to rejoice because they had suffered a lot at the hands …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Attorney General Office (AGO) ordered the arrest of nine bodyguards of First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum on charges of abduction and sexual assault of Ahmad Khan Ishchi, former Jawzjan governor. He was allegedly kidnapped on 25th November, and was under captivity for 16 days. “The …

Do they Portent the Beginning of the End for the EU? By Dr. Emanuel L. Paparella “The Brussels wall will have come down just like the Berlin wall came down. The EU, this oppressive model, will have disappeared. But the Europe of free nations will have been born…The EU should …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that two gangs of robbers were busted in Kabul city. In a press statement issued here, NDS said that its operatives succeeded to arrest two groups of robbers, comprise of 10 thieves, leading by Rahim and Baba Sadam in 17th …

  AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Islamabad is moving to hold ‘tough talks’ with the Afghan government in the upcoming visit of Pakistan’s Army Chief General Javed Bajwa to Kabul. Sources describe that Gen. Bajwa would visit Afghanistan when the time is right, aimed to rebuild the fractured ties between the two …

By NoemíJabois and José Luis Paniagua-The former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said the United States and Russia must work together to plot a path along which the Central Asian country could progress. During an interview with EFE in New Delhi, Karzai said he was convinced the Taliban, wrested from …