Afghanistan Times

Under a tripartite agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan and UNHCR, Afghan refugees are now allowed to stay in Pakistan till Dec 31 PESHAWAR: With the Afghan carpet weavers leaving as Pakistan pushes for repatriation of Afghans, local and Afghan carpet traders and manufacturers are concerned that the carpet industry here would …

If New Delhi chooses not to act as a bridge between Washington and Kabul, it will have to shoulder more responsibilities in Afghanistan on its own, for which it is unprepared. August has been a month of interesting developments that could help fashion a new role for India in countering …

Security personnel beat journalists; same projects inaugurated for second time By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, reached on Monday in central Bamyan province and inaugurated the provincial airport and the Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highway. However, his arrival prompted protests in the city. According to the local officials …

Policies of Pakistani establishment is not only frustrating the regional countries but also its citizens who had been treated as second-grade nationals—deprived of rights and pushed into the frontline in an unknown war. When the super power, the United States, and her allies are fighting the war against terrorism, Pakistan …

AT-KABUL: Australian aid worker, Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province four month ago, was rescued in a special operation carried by National Security of Directorate (NDS) operatives on Sunday night, provincial official said on Monday. Conforming the report, Provincial Governor Spokesman Ataullah Khogiani said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A Pakistani politician and a prominent Pashtun leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan has proudly declared he is an Afghan, as he warned against the harassment of the Afghan refugees in the country. In his address during a really in Swabi, Asfandyar Wali Khan who is also Central President …

Qurban Ghalambor is the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office in Kabul. BEIRUT: Afghanistan has arrested an Iranian official for recruiting Shiites to fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, according to media reports. An Iranian outlet affiliated with the country’s reformist movement reported Sunday that Qurban …

AT-KABUL: At least three civilians were killed and eight others received injuries after their vehicle struck with a roadside bomb in the capital of western Ghor province, provincial official said on Monday. The Police Crime Branch Chief, Abdul Hadi Chehel Ghori told Pajhwok Afghan News the overnight explosion happened when …

AT-KABUL: Forty-three Taliban insurgents including five suicide bombers were killed, and fifteen others wounded in different operations lunched by security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said on Monday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army in …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah met for the third time on (Sunday) evening at the Presidential Palace, possible reached an agreement to resolve tensions, CEO press office said in a statement. This is the third meeting of leaders of the National …