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KABUL: The Russian embassy in Kabul on Friday announced the names of 170 Afghan students found eligible for educational scholarships. Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy said provision of the scholarships to Afghan students was a priority of the Russian government. He added the 170 students would soon depart go for higher education, …

Eleven people, including six American soldiers, were killed on Friday when a C-130 military transport plane of the US Air Force crashed in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said, but the Taliban claimed shooting down the plane. “The cause of the accident is currently under investigation. …

“Omer Safi termed an incompetent governor. His incompetence is one of the factors that led to the fall of Kunduz,” says Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House (LH) of the Parliament Abdul Rauf Ebrahemi on Thursday called on President …

“Peace negotiations door never closed; we are under an undeclared war, says President Ghani” By Farhad Naibkhel-Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani ordered that three commissions must be formed to find out what really caused the fall of Kunduz city and how its fallouts could be addressed. Addressing a joint press conference …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Domestic investors said that impediments created by neighboring states in investment and unconcern of Afghan government are some of the main factors for the stunted development of domestic products. A number of local industrialists who attended a three day exhibition held last week in Kabul in a …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces have retaken control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban forces, after it was fallen to militants on Monday, local official told Afghanistan Times on Thursday. The Afghan security force “now controls Kunduz city,” Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Seddiqi said on his official …

AT-Kabul:  National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that Taliban shadow governor for northern Kunduz province has been killed along with 16 Taliban fighters in an airstrike the other night in Kunduz city. A press statement emailed by NDS to Afghanistan Times here on Wednesday said that the Taliban Shadow governor …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: In bid to eradicate polio, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday introduced new Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). The vaccine was added into schedule of routine vaccinations program for all newborns. Speaking to reporters, the Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz said that they will exert …

Security officials pledge to retake Kunduz within 12 hours Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Rahmatullah Nabil on Wednesday apologized to lawmakers and the entire nation for failure to protect Kunduz city from falling to the Taliban. The Wolesi Jirga summoned security officials, including Nabil, …

“Security commanders and provincial officials were bashed for neglect; Taliban accused of brutalizing civilians” AT-KABUL: The civil society bodies said that security commanders and provincial officials’ negligence have led to fall of Kunduz city to the Taliban. The civil society activists in a gathering claimed that Taliban insurgents after seizure …