Embassy suspension: MoFA hopes for permanent presence of Australia in Afghanistan
KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement yesterday said that was aware of the decision by the Australian Government to temporarily suspend its Embassy...
Month : May 2021
Commandos release 41 during raid on Taliban prison in Herat
KABUL: At least 41 prisoners were released from a Taliban prison during an operation by Commandos in Herat province on Monday night, officials confirmed. According...
Afghanistan sees record high in new COVID-19 cases
KABU: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 840 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,887 samples tested in the last 24 hours....
NATO continues training, funding of Afghan forces: Stoltenberg
KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss various issues, including the...
Defense minister returns as war intensifies on different fronts in Afghanistan
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with National Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid, who recently returned back to the country and resumed his duty after receiving...
Afghan govt committed to defend rights of citizens: VP Danesh
KABUL: Shahrzad Akbar, Chairwoman of the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan, met with Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh, here yesterday, a statement said. During...
Commando forces free 8 from Taliban prison in Baghlan
KABUL: Eight security force members were freed from a Taliban prison in an operation in northern Baghlan on Sunday night, the Ministry of Defense (MoD)...
Taliban attacks in Badakhshan province repelled: officials
KABUL: Taliban group attacks were pushed back in six districts of Badakhshan province on Sunday night, local officials said Monday. Nick Mohammad Nazari, spokesman for...
COVID-19: Ministry reports 628 new cases, 24 deaths in Afghanistan
KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 628 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,647 samples tested in the last 24 hours....
40 Hindu, Sikh Afghans return home from India
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Forty members of Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh community who left the country nine months ago returned from India on Sunday....