Afghanistan Times

AT News – During the visit of the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Uzbekistan to Kabul, officials from the three countries signed a feasibility study agreement for the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway project. Bilateral and trilateral meetings were also held. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan’s interim government announced on Thursday …

KABUL — Amid increasing humanitarian pressure and growing complexity within the leadership structure, Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has reassigned nine senior officials across various ministries and provincial administrations. The move comes during a period of shifting internal dynamics and as the country grapples with the return of hundreds of thousands …

KABUL — Germany has deported 81 Afghan men convicted of criminal offenses in the country, marking the second deportation flight to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan since 2021. The Qatar Airways flight departed from Leipzig-Halle Airport early Thursday morning and landed in Kabul later that day, amid growing pressure on the German government …

KABUL – Afghanistan’s current rulers are maintaining a careful balancing act in their relationships with regional militant groups, according to a new academic study that sheds light on how ideological alignment, economic interests, and old alliances continue to shape the country’s post-2021 security landscape. The research, led by Dr. Weeda …

KABUL – A senior Taliban official has claimed that the group has possessed the leaked list of Afghans who supported British forces since it first appeared online in 2022 and has been actively tracking down those named. The official said a special unit had been launched to locate individuals deemed …

KABUL – A covert £850 million UK government operation quietly evacuated 4,500 Afghans linked to Britain, with plans to bring 2,400 more, after a serious data breach exposed the identities of nearly 19,000 vulnerable individuals and their families. The leaked spreadsheet, mistakenly emailed inside Afghanistan in 2022, revealed detailed information …

KABUL — Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a strong appeal to neighboring countries, particularly Iran and Pakistan, to immediately halt the mass deportation of Afghan refugees, warning that Afghanistan’s current humanitarian and economic collapse makes any large-scale returns dangerously premature. In a statement shared on his official X …

KABUL — The United Nations sounded the alarm Tuesday over the staggering number of Afghan returnees arriving from Iran, warning that the pace and scale of returns are crippling already fragile support systems in Afghanistan. UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva, after visiting the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, …

KABUL – Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has proposed transferring control of the Afghan consulate in Berlin to the Taliban-led government in Kabul, a move aimed at enabling the deportation of Afghan nationals with criminal records. The suggestion, made in an interview with a German media outlet, has sparked fresh …

KABUL — Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are accelerating plans to establish a vital regional trade corridor that could transform the economic landscape of Central and South Asia, according to officials who convened an online meeting on Monday. The trilateral discussions focused on finalizing a joint action plan to facilitate cargo …