Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: An official in UK’s Foreign Office has berated the British government’s handling of Afghanistan evacuation as “unforgivable”, claiming ministers were more focused on media coverage and “the political fallout” than saving lives. The civil servant, who requested anonymity, told BBC Two’s Newsnight that “trauma and suffering”, was …

AT News KABUL: The International Crisis Group (ICG) in a newly published report said that if the international community does not scale up economic support, more Afghans may die of hunger and starvation in the current crisis than from the fighting in the past 20 years. “Hunger and destitution following …

AT News KABUL: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced $560,000 of humanitarian aid for the winter to those athletes left behind inside Afghanistan, after evacuating about 300 members of the Afghan sports community. “Thanks to our discreet diplomacy, the Taliban accept and support the delivery by the IOC of …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan will host the Netherlands for a three-match ODI series in Qatar which gets underway from January 21 next year. The second and third games are set to be played on January 23 and 25 respectively. All three games will be staged at Asian Town Cricket Stadium, …

AT News KABUL: China has called on the international community to provide necessary support and assistance to Afghanistan. “We once again call on the international community to provide necessary support and assistance to Afghanistan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said in Beijing on Tuesday. He said that as a …

AT News KABUL: Qatari Foreign Minister has said that the international community has no clear policy on how to deal with the current situation in Afghanistan. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s foreign minister, said that the situation in Afghanistan needed “everybody’s help,” specifically to rebuild Afghan infrastructure and support the …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Following French President Emanuel Macron’s remarks regarding the deployment of EU ambassadors to Kabul, the bloc says that deploying these ambassadors does not mean recognizing the Taliban. French President Emmanuel Macron says several European countries are working to open a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan to …

AT News KABUL: Construction projects worth over $5 billion in Afghanistan have been stalled since Taliban takeover driving up unemployment, according to the union of private construction companies. The Union is urging the Taliban government to appoint a minister of urban development and housing, to address the uncertainty of construction projects in Afghanistan. The country is …

AT News KABUL: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said Afghanistan’s current problems are a direct offshoot of wrong policies adopted by the United States during 20 years of its presence in the war-torn country. Ali Shamkhani made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with the visiting …

AT News KABUL: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that that the situation in Afghanistan has wider repercussions for the Central Asian region and added that both India and Russia have a common interest in ASEAN centrality. Jaishankar’s remarks came during the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on Monday. “The situation in Afghanistan has …