Afghanistan Times

According to the statistics obtained from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, totally 250,000 Afghans submitted applications for asylum in the European Union states in 2015. Most of them went illegally there. Many were pushed out of the country by poverty and some by insecurity. The wave of immigration rose …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Civil Society Network and Political Activists (CSNPA) disclosed a document claiming that Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) faced with serious corruptions. Members of the network on Wednesday in a press conference alleged that they have accessed to a credible document about extensive corruption in the …

Political pundits and security affairs analysts were of the view that the Taliban insurgents would engage in infighting over leadership of the group. However, it did not happen. Most of their theories regarding new battle over leadership of the group, after killing of Mullah Mansoor in a US drone strike …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people were killed after a court bus was targeted by a suicide bomber in Paghman area at the outskirts of Kabul city Wednesday morning, officials said. “A suicide bomber blew himself up by hitting into appeal court of Wardak province bus in Bagh-e-Dawood area …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban confirmed the killing of their leader Mullah Akhtar Masnour, announcing Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader for the group. Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Mansour was killed on Saturday in a US drone strike in an area between Registan area of Kandahar and Noshki of Pakistan’s …

Afghan government has hinted that Qatar could engage the Taliban in the peace process as the militant group’s political office is in Doha. Perhaps, President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Qatar was part of this initiative. Most likely, the Qatari and Afghan authorities have agreed on the mechanism and conditions to …

AT-KABUL: A multi-million power project, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan (TA) which is part of the TUTAP electricity supply project, would pass through Salang route, assigned officials to resolve TA controversies, hinted on Tuesday. Briefing the newsmen, Minister of Economy, Abdul Sattar Murad, who is also a member of the commission, said the assigned …

AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 65 drug runners including four women were arrested in different operations in the past one month. The Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) detained drug traffickers in different areas of Kabul, Herat, Uruzgan, Badakhshan, Kandahar, Helmand, Faryab, Balkh, Nangarhar, Kunduz and …

AT-KABUL:  The Ministry of Economy on Tuesday claimed that Afghan investors have invested around $80 billion abroad due to lack of required facilities, including adequate power. Speaking at the joint seminar with Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the Minister of Economy, Abdul Sattar Murad, said that there is no sufficient …

AT-KABUL: At least five civilians have been killed when their vehicle blew up by a roadside bomb in southern province of Kandahar. Kandahar governor spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, said four other people were also wounded in the blast that took place in Shahwalikot district early on Tuesday. No group including Taliban …