''The Kabul Times Daily'' (; ) is a state-run

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newspaper in

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, initially established on February 27, 1962, as ''The Kabul Times''. , it had a daily circulation of 47,000 and was offered in both print and online formats. Following the

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, ''The Kabul Times'' was renamed ''Kabul New Times'' and began to print

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that was reminiscent of days during the

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and was highly confrontational towards

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. The paper briefly stopped publication during the US-led invasion, resuming in March 2002. Following the 2021 fall of Kabul to the

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, the editor-in-chief Hamidullah Arefi resigned; after a brief period of vacancy, Nik Mohammad was appointed as new editor and the paper was renamed ''The Kabul Times Daily''.

References

External links

Official websiteKabul Times, 1962-2023, found within the Afghan Central Press collection from East View Information Services
*http://content.library.arizona.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16127coll6 Kabul Times], 1962–1980,

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