Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s election complaints tribunal has rejected nearly 10,000 complaints alleging fraud and vote-rigging in hundreds of polling stations, in the midst of a discord over election result in the world’s most dragged-out presidential race. Some 9,866 out of 16,545 complaints have been rolled out of the adjudication …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan government’s transformation to digital payments is gaining momentum with 74 percent of the Education Ministry salary payments being channeled electronically. Majority of teachers and employees of the ministry receive their salaries through electronic system payment across the country. A Government Media Information Center statement said the …

AT News KABUL: Following the escape of seventh prison from a jail in southern Paktia province, a provincial local official has spoke about detention of 12 people, including chief of the prison for inquiry over prisoners escape. According to Abdullah Hasrat, provincial governor’s spokesman, the arrested people are guards and …

On one hand, the cold snap around the country, especially capital Kabul, is taking its toll on the impoverished Afghans and the mere mortals while on the other, the skyrocketing gas prices have multiplied their miseries. Following the unprecedented snowfalls and cold weather, the price per kilo of Liquefied Petroleum …

AT News KABUL: Recently, a cleric in western Herat had banners installed across the city promoting strict Muslim hijab for women. And since the unveiling, Mawlawi Mujib Rahman Ansari has received a flurry of backlash from the public. Ansari, head of Herat’s Gozargah mosque and a prominent cleric in Herat …

AT News KABUL: Afghan lawmakers on their Monday session have suspended the annual budget of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC). The decision taken after MoIC Acting Minister, Ajmal Ahmadi did not appear before the parliament—a move according to the MPs, has disgraced the house of the people and …

AT News KABUL: Two children have been killed and nine other civilians received injuries in two back-to-back mine blasts in northern Balkh province on Tuesday morning. The Afghan children are bearing the biggest brunt of ongoing war that so far no end sees in sight. The blasts occurred in PD …

AT News KABUL: A gang of three robbers was killed during a joint crackdown carried out by intelligence and police forces in eastern Logar province on Monday late night, official said Tuesday. These robbers were involved in looting and plundering of precious goods and money of passengers in Logar-Kabul highway, …

AT News KABUL: At least nine Daesh terrorists or so-called Islamic State loyalists have surrendered in eastern Kunar province, said a statement from the Afghan National Army (ANA). The Daesh affiliates shun violence in Manogi district while handing over nine rifles to the government, said a statement from the ANA …

AT News KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said that Afghanistan has remained one of the poorest countries in the world, where 55 percent of people live on less than one US dollar per day. SIGAR in a report under the title of ‘Lessons Learned Reintegration’ said …