Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to step up efforts to strengthen security along mutual borders, amid an avalanche of public fury and expressions of concerns over atrocities of Iran police against Afghan migrants, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The agreement was made during the …

AT News KABUL: A senior U.S. military official in the region, Kenneth McKenzie, has warned the Taliban insurgents that they have a ‘little time’ to fulfill their commitments for peace, the reduction in violence in particular. McKenzie who holds the US Central Command, had earlier said that his country had …

AT News KABUL: Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the embassy tweeted on Tuesday. They stressed the importance of “coordination of our approaches on Afghanistan,” the statement said on Monday. Special attention was given to countering international terrorism, it added. …

AT News KABUL: Iran has agreed to grant legal documents to the Afghan immigrants living, a move which would legalize their stay and reduce their grievances. The agreement was part of a joint statement signed by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar in Tehran. According …

Ironically, while the peace process is steadily progressing, the violence is also raging in Afghanistan. Contrary to the expectations tied to the Feb.’s US-Taliban peace pact in terms of reduction in violence, as a matter of fact, if anything, the war and violence have only increased. It means that war …

AT News KABUL: A former official warns against the successive droughts in the country, calling it a threat for the future of agriculture since deserts are widening as farmlands are being useless. “The deserts are widened day by day as the farmlands are useless, pastures are removed and forests are …

AT News KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in a series of tweets has condemned the attack against the Attorney General Office’s lawyers, and said domestic and foreign spoilers are trying to disrupt the peace process. They were killed on Monday in an armed attack by …

AT News KABUL: Afghan Health officials said that coronavirus cases have seen a slight reduction for a 5th consecutive day in a row, amid an overwhelming public anxiety that the virus might continue to spread further beyond summer. Deputy Minister of Health, Shafiqullah Shahim, said Afghanistan had only 324 coronavirus …

AT News KABUL: A cashier of the Ministry of Public Health was arrested on Tuesday on charges of a huge bribery scheme, Attorney General Office said, a scandal that uncovers corruption and administrative disarray in the government. The corruption involved more than $80,000 in bribe that a warehouse manager of …

AT News KABUL: At least six Afghan Local Police personnel were killed in an attack on their checkpoint by the Taliban loyalists in northern Balkh province, local officials said Tuesday. The incident took place in Payazkar village in the Balkh district on Monday night, said Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Munir Ahmad …