Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Taliban’s permanent representative-designate to the UN Suhail Shaheen said the international community needs to honor their promises by providing the Afghan people with frozen assets and also humanitarian aid as the harsh winter is arriving. In a series of the tweets, Suhail Shaheen said the world must …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of millions of dollars were either wasted on unused assets or misused in Afghanistan, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The agency said it reviewed 60 US infrastructure projects in Afghanistan in 2021, and it found that 91 percent …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban government said on Friday that it had fulfilled all conditions set by the international community for it to be recognized as a legitimate government. Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Bilal Karimi, said they expect the regional countries and the world to engage with the Afghans …

AT News KABUL: Officials of the Islamic Emirate on Thursday took umbrage at efforts of the United States to reinforce its and NATO’s presence in the region. “Military presence of US or NATO forces in any of Afghanistan’s neighbor countries could be precarious for all countries in the region,” said …

AT News KABUL: The United States on Thursday offered to provide $144 million in new humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, where a food crisis is unfolding with millions facing hunger if aid doesn’t flow. National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement the U.S. assistance will be directed through …

AT News KABUL: The Biden administration should engage with the Taliban to help ease the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country now, said former United States special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. Khalilzad, who negotiated the US withdrawal with the Taliban ending a 20-year military presence, on Wednesday defended the …

AT News KABUL: The Islamic Emirate has downplayed ISIS-K threats, assuring the region that Afghanistan soil won’t be used by terrorist organizations, saying Taliban fighters are way stronger in taming terrorists. Afghanistan’s acting minister of information and culture Khairullah Khairkhwa said that they will eliminate not only ISIS-K but any …

AT News KABUL: China is planning to build an $8.6 million military base on Afghanistan-Tajikistan border where only Tajik military personnel will be settled, Tajikistan’s officials have confirmed. The base will be handed over to the Tajik paramilitary unit later and is planned to be built near Wakhan in Badakhshan …

AT News KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ordered a review of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in August and the ensuing chaotic evacuations of thousands of Afghans. “I’ve ordered a series of internal reviews focused on our planning and execution for the evacuation and relocation effort in …

AT News KABUL: A UN-led agency has warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of collapse as humanitarian situation is dire and could get much worse ahead of winter. Yasmine Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, an UN-led initiative said on Wednesday in Islamabad that more than half of …