Taliban disrupts media outlets in northern provinces
By: The Kabul Times The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has received reports of the Taliban controlling and disrupting media outlets since tensions escalated on...
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Politics
Al-Qaida, Islamic State set to reemerge in Afghanistan
By: Monitoring Desk KABUL: With U.S. and coalition combat troops all but gone from Afghanistan, Western officials are preparing to face down terrorist threats with...
From 1996 to 2021: A personal chronicle of the Taliban in Afghanistan
By Harinder Baweja My first trip to Afghanistan was in September 1996, a few days after the Taliban stormed into the Presidential Palace in Kabul...
VP Saleh calls for nationwide support to ANDSF
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh said on Monday that the Afghan National Defense and...
Turkmenistan deploys soldiers, heavy weaponry close to border with Afghanistan
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Turkmenistan has started moving heavy weaponry, helicopters, and other aircraft closer to its border with Afghanistan, and reservists are being...
US support key for regional consensus: FM Atmar
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Chargé d’ Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul, Ross Wilson,...
China says US hasty withdrawal leaves Afghanistan & region in mess
By: Suraya Raiszada Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry has called the US hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan as irresponsible, saying that the country has ignored its responsibilities...
Khalilzad’s trips to region for Afghanistan peace efforts
By: Lailuma Noori US Special Peace Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has started his new round of visits to South and Central Asia as well...
Ministry of Finance holds counter-corruption reporting meeting
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, a reporting meeting of the Ministry of Finance on fighting corruption was held at...
Security situation of southwestern zone discussed
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in a meeting discussed the ongoing security situation with the...