Afghanistan Times

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The work for the war-ruined Darul Aman Palace reconstruction officially began. “The Darul Aman ruined palace is a historical Afghan palace, which will be rebuilt by the government budget,” President Ashraf Ghani said at a ceremony held Monday for the palace reconstruction. Ghani said that the reconstruction …

AT-KABUL: A notorious commander of the Islamic State known as Daesh, along with his three associates were killed in an airstrike in central Wardak province, security official said on Monday. Briefing newsmen, Ministry of Defence spokesman, Dawlat Waziri said that the airstrike targeted Daesh commander and his bodyguard on Syedabad …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Businessmen and entrepreneurs face serious threat of abduction and murder, the Afghanistan National Entrepreneurs Board, adding that 24 businessmen had been kidnapped who had killed eight in the past two months. Head of the board Rahimuddin Hajji Agha said Monday that businessmen and entrepreneurs were unable …

Afghanistan got the potential to generate around 314,500 MW of electricity from different sources. Unfortunately, the leaders prefer easy ways to deal with the problems; therefore, the country imports around 76 percent of the required electricity from Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Sustainability and effectiveness of the projects remained low …

Death has made home in the country because of a few fanatics who see amusement in bloodshed of innocent people. Those who are killed in their heinous acts share the same blood because they are also sons of this soil. However, the lunatics are making them scapegoats for interests of …

AT-KABUL: Two senior Taliban leaders including nine insurgents were killed in a conflict in the southern Uruzgan province, security official said on Sunday. The senior Taliban leaders are included the group’s designated provincial governor, Maulavi Jan Aghan and military commission chief Asadullah, a statement from the 205th Atal Corps of …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday celebrated 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Diplomacy. Sixty years back (in 1334 solar year) when Sardar Mohmmad Naim Khan was the foreign minister, the Institute of Diplomacy was inaugurated in foreign ministry and has so far graduated …

AT-KABUL: Six militants, loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed in a US drone strike in the Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. “A commander of the Daesh was killed along with his five fighters in a drone strike,” provincial spokesman …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Culture on Sunday inaugurated a short- term training workshop for capacity building of governmental employees. The program is supported technically and financially by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and tens of the administration would learn professional training in field of proposal writing, management, leadership, languages and …

AT-KABUL: 41 Taliban fighters were killed and 18 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. Ministry of interior said in a statement that the national police in collaboration with national army and National Directorate of Security conducted operations against insurgents in different areas of Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, …