Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Minister-designate for Finance, Muhammad Eklil Hakemi, told Wolesi Jirga that corruption has limited customs revenue but no attention was paid though it is a sustainable source of income for the country. Outlining his future plan to improve the status of revenue collection, he said that some corrupt officials in …

Evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder can be traced back to 1300BC – much earlier than previously thought – say researchers. The team at Anglia Ruskin University analysed translations from ancient Iraq or Mesopotamia. Accounts of soldiers being visited by “ghosts they faced in battle” fitted with a modern diagnosis of …

At least 15 people have been killed and 46 injured in a series of rocket attacks by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, police there say. The Grad rockets hit a market in a residential area in the east of the city, the police chief said. A spokesman …

Salvage teams have begun an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea last month killing all 162 on board. However, the initial attempt was unsuccessful as ropes around the fuselage snapped. Another four bodies have been recovered, bringing the total to 69, …

Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …

As a gateway to energy-rich Central Asia, Afghanistan enjoys immense importance in the region. The country serves as the only bridge between the energy hungry South Asian countries and Central Asian republics. However, very little advantage has been taken from this strategically important position due to continued foreign invasions and …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai called upon media to play role for promoting national unity and bring positive change in the society. In a meeting with staffers of Afghanistan Times and Daily Dunia the other day, the former president said that Afghan media should devise a comprehensive policy which could strengthen …

  AT-KABUL: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, believed to be around 90-year old, breathed his last on Friday and replaced by his half-brother Salman. In a statement the royal palace said that the king died at 1:00 am local time, however did not mention cause of his death. The late king …

AT-KABUL: After a three-day by the Kurram Agency administration for Afghan refugees to leave the area, a number of elders of Afghan refugees urged the Pakistani government to avoid sending them back to Afghanistan until completion of the academic session of their children. They told Pakistani media outlets on the …

AT-KABUL: Afghan, Indian and Pakistani officials attended the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival in India where they discussed different issues including ways to strengthen ties between the three neighbors, media reports said the other day. Former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri expressed the need for a “high degree of optimism” in …