Afghanistan Times

At least 44 people including several policemen have been charged with voter fraud and interfering in the voting for parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said Sunday. “Up until now, intelligence and security forces have detained 44 people including several policemen on charges of interfering in elections and committing fraud in …

Finally, first phase of third parliamentary elections held throughout Afghanistan except Kandahar and Ghazni provinces, which could be considered a good omen. It confirms faith and trust of war-stricken Afghans in democratic and political process as well. But the Afghans for maintaining their trust in democracy and political process have …

AT-KABUL: 11 members of a family were martyred after their car they were traveling in was hit by a militant planted roadside bomb in Achin of Nangarhar province. The blast destroyed the car today morning at around 11:00am in Achin district of the province. Six children and a woman are …

By Farhad Naibkhel -KABUL: Voting for Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections officially began on Saturday at 7am across the country amid extremely volatile security situation, in what was seen as a gloomy day for the broken nation of Afghanistan. The voting counter-intuitively didn’t happen as anticipated mostly because of long delays in …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Parliamentary election started by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at 7:00 am today in a polling site in capital Kabul amid high security alert. President Ghani along with Chief of Election Commission (IEC) and some other officials, while using his right to vote, said that today unbelief changed …

Couple of days again tension erupted on Afghan Pakistan crossing point at Spin Boldak, connecting Kandahar with Baluchistan, resulting in halting of cross point movement and bilateral trade for around three days. The tension erupted when officers and officials of Afghanistan security forces made objection over fencing of controversial Durand …

AT-KABUL: Influential and powerful police commander of southern Kandahar province, General Abdul Raziq and provincial intelligence chief, General Mumin were martyred and provincial governor along with Zonal police chief were injured in a terrorist attack today afternoon in Kandahar. The terrorist attack took place late today afternoon around 3:30pm in …

By Masomjan Masomy After the collapse of the Taliban regime, ‘the darkest period in the history of Afghanistan’, by US and NATO forces, however, the country still to gain a durable peace—that unfortunately the country has been stuck in the longest conflict with no end sees in sight. During the …

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai believes that stability in Afghanistan would cause stability in the region. Karzai who was speaking at the 15th Annual Meeting of Valdai Discussion Club in Russia’s city of Sochi, recited a poetry from Iqbal Lahori on Afghanistan that says “Asia is a body made by …

KABUL: The leadership of the High Peace Council met on Wednesday with representatives of some political parties as well as other politicians in Kabul. The council’s chairman, Mohammad Karim Khalili, said that it was the best opportunity for peace in the country and the council had made indirect contacts with …