Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The shopkeepers in Kabul city are exempted from paying rents to their landlords and taxes to government during the quarantine time, officials in Kabul province say. But the shopkeepers’ association says they are facing dozens of other problems while being in quarantine. “The shopkeepers have some basic …

AT News KABUL: The government hopes the prisoner exchange encourages Taliban to agree on the reduction in violence and a lasting cease fire. The government has so far released some 360 Taliban prisoners in a move to encourage militants for face to face negotiations. The fighters’ release is based on …

AT News KABUL: Russia has blamed the United States for the political crisis in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is weathering a deep crisis over bitter political divisions between its two leaders squabbling over presidency since September election results. Now, Russia is pointing fingers at the White House for the turmoil. Kremlin has …

AT News KABUL: The National Security Council said that only 19 of the prisoners freed by the Taliban are the military personnel, following the government and militant group prisoner exchange process to pave the ground for the next phase of the fragile Afghan peace process. Spokesman for the NSC, Javid …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar said that six people have died and three others wounded after a roof collapsed due to heavy rain in one of the displaced families camp in the province. Abdul Ghani Mumim, a provincial governor’s spokesman said the incident took place in Khas …

AT News KABUL: Afghan authorities have said that the fatal floods that hit Afghanistan have left 47 people dead with hundreds of homes partially and fully damaged. Ahmad Tamim Azimi, spokesman for the ministry of state in natural disaster management said that six people have recently died in floods flawed …

The peace process is seemingly back on track with confidence-building steps being taken by the belligerent parties. Although the timeline of the US-Taliban peace pact has been disrupted due to the complex realities on the ground, coming to terms on the prisoner swap promise brings optimism into the picture once …

AT News KABUL: Darul-Aman, the newly rehabilitated palace has turned into an isolation ward for the covid-19 patients as the pandemic getting serious in Afghanistan with fragile health system. Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said that it has established a 200-bed quarantine center in the palace as the …

AT News KABUL: A post-vote rift between Afghanistan’s political rivals is slowly nearing an end, but with no breakthroughs yet. Mediation between president Ghani and his rival Abdullah over another potential power-sharing deal is holding a slender but propitious promise of rapprochement between the two squabbling leaders. Former chief executive …

Haseeb Rahimi In my previous article in Afghanistan Times, I argued about the importance of cash distribution for the vulnerable families that live under the poverty line. I have been asked about the benefits of the Cash versus Food distribution. First, distributing cash is another concept of the universal basic …