Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The major TAPI gas pipeline project – for Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India – has not been completed despite the fact that it was kicked off decades. During this time Afghanistan has seen the collapse and establishment of various governments. TAPI is considered one of the major development projects in the …

AT News KABUL: Local media outlets in eastern Afghanistan have recently been struggling with serious challenges, Afghan Journalists Safety Committee said on Friday. “Since the fall of the former government, six radio stations have been closed in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan–five of them halted their operations due …

AT News KABUL: International Rescue Committee in its latest report has warned that more than 90% of health centers in Afghanistan might shut down by end of 2022. In a report on Saturday, IRC said millions of Afghans will be left without health services and millions more may lose lives …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan exports of dried fruits saw an unprecedented rise in 2021 with over $400 million worth of exports last year, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries said on Thursday. ACCI Director, Mohammad Younus Momand, said that over 140 tons of dried fruit were exported in 2021. “We have …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan’s military says that it would complete the fencing along the Durand Line as already 94% of the barbed-wire fence has already been completed. “The fencing alongside the Durand Line is continuing and work is completed 94 percent. Pakistan will finish it. This is good for the …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. defense officials fear that the growth of the Islamic State Khorasan and al Qaeda in months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could result in both groups having the capacity to launch international attacks in a matter of months. This comes amid previous warnings just weeks after …

AT News KABUL: India delivered two tons of medicines to Afghanistan on Friday, the third batch of Indian aid in recent weeks. The medicine was given to Kabul’s Indira Gandhi Hospital, which was set up with Indian assistance in 2004, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said. Last month, …

AT News KABUL: At least seven Afghans died and 26 were wounded in multiple traffic accidents on Monday amid turbulent traffic conditions after heavy snowfall, local officials said on Tuesday. In northern Jawzjan province, one commuter was killed and 11 were wounded after two vehicles collided head-on along Jawzjan-Andkhoy highway, …

AT News KABUL: International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday raised the alarm over millions of displaced people uprooted by conflicts in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. IOM says there are 664,000 newly displaced by conflict in 2021 in Afghanistan. “There are now an estimated 5.5 million Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan (IDPs), including those …

AT News KABUL: Economic woes in Afghanistan have created an uncertain environment for local businesses in Kandahar with many founders planning to move their businesses to either Pakistan or Iran. Deputy Director of Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nematullah Nemat says challenges such as constant power outage have paralyzed the …