KABUL: The US envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said that Washington still has no timetable to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, brushing off claims by the rebel Taliban that a ‘military drawdown’ deal has been struck. Khalilzad said: “To be clear, no troop withdrawal timetable exists”. Taliban deputy …

KABUL: More than 1,415 Afghan civilians were killed or injured by landmines and explosive devices in 2018, making the number of war mine victims tripled since 2012, according to a survey by the United Nations. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in a report said that the number of landmine …

KABUL: Mullah Ahmad, the Taliban’s intelligence chief for the southern Helmand province was killed in an Afghan air force strike along with his two fighters, authorities said. The military in Helmand said the Taliban commander was mastermind of major attacks in the province. Mullah Ahmad was killed along with two …

AT-KABUL: Russia would cooperate with the US-Taliban negotiations over the US military pullout of Afghanistan, Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said, a statement came one day after the Moscow meeting, where for the first time Taliban negotiators sat around a table with politicians who were there from Kabul, …

Amidst hectic efforts for peace and historical re-union of Afghan leadership at Moscow, media ahead with another worst kind of violence when two workers of Radio Hamsada have been shot dead in Taliqan city of Takhar province. Both the victims are stated two young and have recently joined the media …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A Taliban official said on Wednesday that the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April during talks last month, RIA news agency reported, more than past estimates of the planned pull-out. There was no immediate reaction …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary Mike Pompeo in a telephonic conversation with President Ashraf Ghani, reaffirmed his country’s commitment to achieving a durable peace in Afghanistan. The secretary underscored Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad’s role in facilitating an inclusive peace process, US Department of State said …

KABUL: The government says that during the winter operations, heavy casualties were inflicted on the armed opposition groups, with the security forces regaining more areas. Ghafoor Ahmad Jawid,spokesman of the ministry of defense said on Wednesday that the operationsgoing on in different provinces,would continue untilthe end of the winter. He …

KABUL: The government seems optimistic to what it calls “peace approach”, arguing the regional and international efforts had helped with the process. The chief executive office says that US president Donald Trump’s recent statements on Afghan peace, made Afghans be more hopeful for peace. “Now that regional and international efforts …

AT-KABUL: Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz has been appointed as new Kabul Mayor based on a decree issued by the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. The President Ghani’s new appointment made after 4-month, and during that period the Kabul Municipality was running by acting mayor. The decree states that the appointment of Ahmad …