Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Most of the Afghan Children feel feared and unsafe while going out of their homes on the way to schools, markets and public areas, especially when they get close to governmental buildings and checkpoints, showed a survey conducted by Save the Children International Organization. Over 600 …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces repelled a coordinated Taliban attack in Imam Sahib District of northern Kunduz province, and killed 10 fighters of the red unit of the militant group, official said on Wednesday. Taliban insurgents massively attacked a checkpoint of national army forces from different directions in …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and 34 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

Eighteen years ago in 2000 Afghanistan had just handy post services and there were no telecommunication facilities in the Afghanistan. After the emergence of new chapter in the telecom selector in 2002 once the first ever telecommunication operator AWCC (Afghan wireless Communication Company) was permitted to deliver mobile services the …

AT News Report KABUL: Elders from three zones have warned that nobody should use the name of Pashtoon ethnicity in the presidential elections. Hajji Din Mohammad, from Nangarhar province, alleged Tuesday in a gathering in Kabul that a conspiracy was going on to encourage big tribes and ethnicities confront each …

AT News Report KABUL: The Rana Think Tank monthly participations believe that Afghanistan has once again at verge of electoral deadlock, which is not good for the country. The experts and political pundits said that Independent Election Commission (IEC) should remain independent and keep impartiality in a bid to avoid …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission has finished the process of vote recount in 15 of 34 provinces, saying that efforts are underway in another 13 provinces as well. However the IEC said the process faced opposition in six of the country’s provinces. IEC spokesman, Zabiullah Sadat told …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban militant group has called the release of their prisoners in exchange for the two American University instructors as a good gesture and omen to facilitate the peace talks between them and the Afghan government. According to some sources, the foreign professors were released on …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health speaking at the Reaching the last Mile forum at Louvre Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, said that there is a “missing generation” of women health workers, a consequence of the Taliban’s ban on female education before the regime’s overthrow in late …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban freed two Westerners they had held for more than three years on Tuesday, in exchange for the release of three senior insurgent leaders, officials said, in a deal that officials hoped could pave the way for Afghan peace talks with the Taliban, New York …