Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health recorded 1,122 new coronavirus cases and 49 deaths across the country within the past 24 hours. The new cases were reported positive out of 3,226 suspected samples tested in different laboratories during the same period of time. According to the Health Ministry, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey’s support to friendly and brotherly Afghanistan will continue, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated. Çavuşoğlu met this remark during meeting with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and foreign minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Çavuşoğlu stated that he discussed efforts for …

With the Spirit of Their Historical Bond and Brotherhood By Cihad Erginay, Ambassador of Turkey in Afghanistan This week, Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that was orchestrated by Fethullah Gülen and his terrorist group (FETÖ). The assault on Turkey’s democratic institutions resulted in …

AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government called regional countries, particularly to cooperate in “closing shelters and ceasing funding sources” to the Taliban. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussed the regional cooperation …

AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban for killing a group of Afghan commandos after they surrendered in Faryab province last month. Following the release of a video by CNN of Taliban firing at a group of 22 army commandos in Faryab in June, Amnesty International called it …

AT News KABUL:  Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that it has recorded 1,210 new cases and 60 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 3,866 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 1,210 were reported positive. The …

The Afghan people have remained highly confident for a better tomorrow. The more they suffered in terms of human losses and property damages, the more they showed commitment for their country with an expectation that the good days will come. But they can’t be granted forever. In the wake of …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces will launch ground assaults on Taliban-held areas across the country to oust the militants and restore security back to normal, military officials said Wednesday. At a press conference, the spokesman for Security Sector Ajmal Omar Shinwari said that “plans have been finalized for counterassaults …

AT News KABUL: The European Union says that the current war in Afghanistan costs civilians’ lives. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said Wednesday that the war has a great impact on civilians. “The civilian casualties had 23 per cent increase in …