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3 March

Karzai ruled better than Ghani: Survey

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Democracy International (DI) released a report on Thursday claiming that Hamid Karzai has ruled the country far better than President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani because majority of lawmakers have lost trust over the National Unity Government (NUG.) In its survey about the Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano …

3 March

Jalalabad mission attack originated from Pakistan: Karzai

The attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Wednesday is part of a trend of such attacks launched from Pakistan, said former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. “They are simply attacking India’s presence in Afghanistan, whenever they get the opportunity. The whole spectrum of the India-Afghan relations, the relationship itself, …

2 March

Editorial: Treat migrants with dignity

Once you were treated very respectfully by the police and immigration officers in the United States and European countries if you were an Afghan asylum seeker. When the then Soviet had military presence in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the West, particularly the Europe eagerly welcomed Afghans because of their anti-Soviet …

2 March

MoPH introduces chlorhexidine to reduce infant mortality rate

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday launched the use of chlorhexidine to reduce newborn infections and deaths during the critical first week after birth. Chlorhexidine is a medicine tube. The ointment is used for one week to treat the newly cut umbilical cord. This …

2 March

We must not tolerate state entities supporting, harboring, financing terrorist networks: Karzai

AT-KABUL: The former president Hamid Karzai at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi said that state entities must not be allowed to support, shelter and finance terrorist organizations. He said that South Asian countries must move beyond the atmosphere of mistrust in the region as well as of militant extremism …

2 March

Nicholson replaces Campbell as new commander of US-NATO forces

AT-KABUL: In a ceremony held in the US-NATO Resolute Support mission headquarters in Kabul, the US Army Gen. John W. Mick Nicholson has took command of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan by replacing General John F. Campbell. Campbell, who served three tours in Afghanistan, led coalition forces during …

2 March

Pak army chief call on Ghani, US officials

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday during his stopover in Kabul had held separate meetings with President Ashraf Ghani, United States (US) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Gen. Joseph Dunford, Commander US Central Command (Centcom) Gen. Lloyd J. Austin …

2 March

Senior Official Admits Pakistan Housing Afghan Taliban Leaders

For years, Pakistan has denied that the Afghan Taliban enjoys a safe haven on its soil or that Islamabad could do anything to end their violent campaign in Afghanistan that has seen tens of thousands of Afghan civilians and international troops killed since 2002. But in an unusually candid admission, …

2 March

7 killed, 19 injured in attack on Indian consulate in E. Afghanistan

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least seven people, including five suicide bombers, were killed and 19 others including children were injured in a complex attack on the Indian consulate by a group of armed militants on Wednesday in Jalalabad, official sources told Afghanistan Times. First, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive …

1 March

Council established to standardize healthcare services

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health reported of the establishment of a medical body named Afghanistan Interim Medical Council, saying it aimed to standardize healthcare services. “The council will make efforts to standardize healthcare services and enrich medical universities’ curriculum with the collaboration of related organs,” Minister of Public …