Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: At least 13 coal miners were killed and three more were injured when they were attacked by insurgents in northern Baghlan province of the country on Friday, officials said. The attack which happened at 2:30pm in Tala wa Barfak district has not been claimed by any insurgent group, governor’s …

EIGHT years ago Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart wrote a book called “Fixing Failed States”. Now Mr Ghani is in a position to follow his own advice. He is the president of Afghanistan, a state that failed in the 1990s and could fail again. State failure causes untold misery (see …

Afghan war was declared by the Bush-administration after 9/11 attacks in the United States. The terror attacks have claimed lives of many innocent people from different faiths. Wars helped Bush to win the presidential election. However, the war has become burden on Americans due to its cost and failed strategies …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Wednesday said that well preparation was adopted to assist suffering people during the winter. “Special preparation has been adopted by ARCS in 34 provinces to in order to quickly respond to affected people during winter disaster,” said head of the ARCS …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkish Parliament approved a motion to extend Turkish Armed Forces in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s support mission, a state-run press agency in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported. Parliament empowered the government to continue Turkish troops’ presence in Afghanistan for two more years under the NATO mission starting …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US State Department Spokesman, John Kirby welcomed a meeting between Russia, China and Pakistan on Afghanistan held on Moscow last week. “What we welcome is any international effort to help Afghanistan become secure and more prosperous, and we continue to support, as we always have, an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unknown gunmen have gunned down the education director for Andar district of southern Ghazni province, an official in the volatile province said on Wednesday. The provincial education department head, Mohammad Abid Abid, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taza Gul Nangyalai was gunned down early on Wednesday morning …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The First Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum has angrily reacted to the Balkh provincial caretaker governor Ata Mohammad Noor’s remarks, saying that the remarks have seriously harmed the Turkmen community of Afghanistan. In a statement issued by the First Vice President’s Office, said that Noor in …

AT-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president, met Wednesday with a number of industrialists from Herat province, his office said. “Ataullah Habibi, one of the pioneer industrialists whose business is making fridges and freezers, said over a hundred types of freezers and refrigerators have been so far made in his factory …

Tuesday marked the beginning of harsh winter as the first snowfall covered the lowlands and mountains. Temperature has dropped. Winds blowing from the direction of snow covered mountains will penetrate bones of those people who do not enjoy the luxury of a well-constructed home and proper heating system. Their lives …