Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned military operations and aerial raids on villages of the provinces of Nuristan, Khost, Faryab and Uruzgan, in which several civilians were killed in injured. The former president denounced the attacks as anti-human and anti-Islamic crimes, asking the Afghan and foreign troops to be …

AT-KABUL: The members of senate and law experts had negative reactions to President Ashraf Ghani’s order over forming a special investigation department. Senators believe such department would cause the creation of parallel offices that would help increase of corruption. Maulavi Gholam MohayyoddinMonsef, a member of senate said Monday that the …

AT-KABUL: At least 81 militants were killed and 36 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …

AT-KABUL: Despite the approval of women and children’s harassment prohibition law by the president, there are reports of women and girls being harassed, while police ignores to listen to their complaints. Latifa Soltani, an official of the Independent Human Rights Commission, said Monday that women and girls who refer to …

AT-KABUL: The celebrated director Roya Sadat’s film ‘A Letter to the President’ has won the best film award in “One Future Award” in International Film Festival of Munich in Germany. The award festival was held in Black Box, Gasteig in Munich on Saturday, according to a statement from Roya Film House. …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with Alice Wells, US principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, in his office on Sunday. The peace process, parliamentary election and the situation in the region were discussed. Karzai told the visiting United States delegation that no …

AT-KABUL: China’s envoy Liu Jinsong has unveiled Chinese government’s plan to provide support to eastern Nangarhar province in the spheres of reconstruction, agriculture, trade and mines. In a meeting on Sunday with Nangarhar governor Hayatullah Hayat at the Chinese Embassy in Kabul, Jinsong promised that Nangarhar’s pine nuts will be …

AT-KABUL: A missile landed near provincial governor’s compound and disrupted a meeting of high security officials in southern Ghazni province on Sunday. Some media outlets reported that a high-ranking meeting of security officials in the provincial governor’s compound was disrupted after a rocked hit near the area. The meeting was …

AT-KABUL: The Coalition for the Rescue of Afghanistan, a newly formed alliance consisted of three major political parties, threatened that it would form an interim government if President Ashraf Ghani’s administration fails to hold a transparent legislative election slated to be held in October. The coalition was formed by Hezb-e-Wahdat …

Election is the principal pillar of democracy with which citizens of a democratic nation practice their franchise and throw themselves into their fate. In the wake of the overthrow of the Taliban and the institutionalization of democracy, Afghanistan too became a pro-democratic country, with a pyramid of shortcomings though. Elections …