Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that 2,481 army personnel including generals had been arrested over different charges during last year and were handed over to judiciary organs. “1,394 personnel of army including civilian staff were sacked or changed for reforms in the past few months,” Said …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least 52 Taliban militants were killed and seven others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces during the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi has said that China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) project could provide hope and opportunities for the war-torn Afghanistan. During an exclusive interview with China’s CGTN broadcaster, Hakimi said: “There is a lot of potential inside Afghanistan. Chinese companies have invested in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan national security adviser, Hanif Atmar address his US counterpart, H.R. McMaster through video conference, discussing expansion of bilateral cooperation, the national security council said on Tuesday. “The two sides exchanged views on the overall security situation of the region, particularly the security of Afghanistan, counter-terrorism …

Over the past three decades Afghanistan has been in war and also lingered in different conflicts with far-reaching consequences to every sector where education system was also not remained untouched. During war the Afghan masses despite losing every livings in form of materials, they also lost access to education, a …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KBAUL: Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament on Monday summoned ministers of defense and interior as well as director of the national directorate of security to brief regarding attack on military hospital in Kabul and ramp up security across the country. Though, security officials failed to satisfy parliamentarians …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others sustained heavy injuries in an air raid carried out by Afghan forces in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, spokesman for 215th Maiwand military corps, …

Afghanistan is the polio endemic country along with Pakistan in the region. Though significant progress had been made to control the transmission, but this year two polio cases have been registered. Polio positive recorded in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The primary challenge remains the inability to maintain high oral polio …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday started the spring round of National Immunization Days (NIDs) to eradicate polio in the country. This campaign will be continued in cooperation with World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF from 27-31 March, which through more than 8.8 million children under the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A large number of Afghan nationals based in Europe, staged a peaceful demonstration in front of European Parliament building in Brussels against the violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty by shelling of Pakistan’s rockets into the eastern Nangarhar and provinces. Shan Pacha Shinwari, leading the protest, told Pajhwok Afghan …