Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Iran on Sunday said that Tehran will not recognize the current  government unless it is inclusive and represented by all Afghan people. The Iranian Ambassador Bahadur Aminian has said Tehran might persuade other countries to recognize the Afghan government if the Islamic Emirate brings reforms to its governance …

AT News KABUL: India’s Bharat Biotech on Monday informed that India has supplied another batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin to Afghanistan. Taking to Twitter, Bharat Biotech said, “Today, India supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID vaccine (COVAXIN) to Afghanistan. The same was handed over …

AT News KABUL: The Wall Street Journal reported that private contractors made billions of dollars in 20 years of US war in Afghanistan. WSJ in a recent report on Friday called the US 20-year war in Afghanistan a “failure” and said that private contractors were the main winners, making huge …

AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are discussing the resumption of the construction of the Surkhan-Puli-Khumri transmission line, according to media. Negotiations on this took place in Tashkent from 25 to 30 December with representatives of the Taliban and Afghan Energy Company DABS attending the talks. The agreement on the …

AT News KABUL: Over 28,000 children have been killed in conflicts since 2005 in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday in a press release. According to UNICEF, Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005: “Afghanistan, for example, has the highest number of …

AT News KABUL: India on Saturday supplied 5,00,000 doses of the Covaxin vaccine to Afghanistan, the second tranche of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country after its takeover by the Taliban. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the consignment of vaccine doses was handed over to the Indira Gandhi …

AT News KABUL: Four months after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed scores of people, including 13 American service members, outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, U.S. and foreign intelligence officials have pieced together a profile of the assailant. Military commanders say they are using that information to focus on …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban on Sunday said their government’s recognition is not a need for the country but a need of the world and that political engagement with Afghanistan will benefit all. “Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is not a need of Afghanistan but of the …

AT News KABUL: The weeks before the fall of Kabul, which was seized days after Kunduz, are emerging as one of the deadliest periods for Afghan security forces in two decades of war. The Taliban’s complete military takeover of Afghanistan left about 4,000 members of the country’s security forces dead …

AT News KABUL: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday said that Moscow has not received any information from the Taliban side on their decision to send an envoy to Russia and mentioned that country’s recognition of the Taliban‘s government is out of the question for now.“We have not received any notifications from the Afghan side, …