Afghanistan Times

Absence of coordination among spokespersons results in obscurity, says CEO’s spokesman AT-KABUL: Spokesman to the country’s chief executive officer on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over poor coordination among government spokespeople and problems created by the spokespersons for media. In a conference attended by spokespersons working in government departments, Mujeebur Rahman …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mullah Agha Jan Mutasim, a former key Taliban leader (now considered to be a moderate Taliban leader) has urged the international community to adopt substantial measures to resolve the Afghanistan’s imbroglio. The ex-Taliban Finance Minster in his message on 15 February—a day that marks pullout of former …

AT-KABUL: The Canadian Red Cross donated 17 vehicles to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) aimed at providing transportation facilities to people living in remote parts of the country. Keys of the vehicles were handed over by the representatives of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) …

Tehran urged to revise tariff policies, facilitate Afghan traders  AT-KABUL: The second joint Afghan-Iran trade fair, organized by the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in cooperation with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, was kicked off here on Tuesday. The exhibition will continue for four days. Several and …

AT-KABUL: Seventy-nine Afghan children were sent to Germany for medical treatment in Peace Village Hospital, the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said here on Tuesday. Director of International Relations and Dissemination at the ARCS, Samia Afzali, said that Afghan children suffering from bone diseases and burn injuries were sent to …

AT-KABUL: In a well-coordinated attack, several suicide bombers on Tuesday afternoon stormed the Logar police headquarter killing at least 20 policemen and leaving eight others seriously injured. A group of four bombers, wearing police uniform, attacked the police headquarter in Pul-e-Alam, capital city of Logar province, when policemen were gathered …

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in towns and cities across Denmark to commemorate the victims of weekend gun attacks in the capital. People holding candles and torches observed a minute’s silence at the start of the main event in Copenhagen. Two people were killed and five police were …

Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis declared he was ready to do “whatever it takes” to reach agreement over its bailout after the collapse of talks with EU finance ministers. Mr Varoufakis spoke after Greece rejected an EU offer to extend its current €240bn (£178bn) bailout, a plan he called “absurd” …

Ukraine’s government and separatist rebels have failed to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line, despite a Monday deadline. The two sides were given until not more than two days after the latest truce came into effect to start the pullout. The government said it would not pull back …

KABUL: At least 13 policemen were killed in fierce clash with militants in the Maiwand district  of southern Kandahar province on Monday, the governor’s spokesman said. Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that insurgents mounted attack on police when the latter were defusing a huge ammunitions cache after recovering it …