Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: The exhibition, “National Treasure from Afghanistan,” has opened at the Hunan Museum in the central Chinese city of Changsha, the sixth site of its China tour, and will run until March 29, said Chinese embassy in Kabul on Tuesday. The exhibit showcases 231 sets of cultural artifacts from the …
Read More »Editorial: Grand Jirga
In a bid to discuss the post-US troop’s pullout situation and its impacts on Pakhtoons in the region, the nationalist Awami National Party leadership has announced convening a grand Jirga in end of coming February or in first half of March this year. Beside others leadership from war-stricken Afghanistan will …
Read More »Nine drug peddlers arrested in Kabul
KABUL: Police in Kabul said Tuesday that it has arrested nine drug peddlers in an anti-narcotics raid in Kabul city, a clampdown that began almost a month ago against drug kingpins and peddlers in the capital. Kabul Police said in a statement that Counter Narcotics Police launched raids in 1st, …
Read More »Dobbins says US, Taliban reached ‘agreement in principle’
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Top American envoy said that US and the Taliban group reached “agreement in principle” on various important issues for a peace deal that could end the longest war in Afghanistan. Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins says the deal is ‘a hopeful …
Read More »A welcome peace deal must not sacrifice hard-won progress
Statement in reaction to Afghanistan peace talks – by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “As humanitarian workers in Afghanistan we welcome any negotiated solution that can end decades of brutal conflict in Afghanistan. There is no military solution to this bitter conflict, but although the international …
Read More »300 women complete civil service internship program
AT-KABUL: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Promote: Women in Government (WIG) project hosted a graduation ceremony to recognize 300 female interns who completed the projects’ year-long internship program. USAID Promote’s internship programs equip qualified Afghan women with the knowledge and experience to join the Afghan civil service. In …
Read More »Afghanistan to send first cargo to India through Chabahar Port
KABUL: Afghanistan will initiate trade through Iran’s Chabahar Port with the first transit cargo to be shipped to India next month using the international customs transit system (TIR system). According to Marine Link, Husne Mubarak Azizi, head of foreign affairs and Ministry of Transport of Afghanistan said that the country is preparing to …
Read More »China hosts conference on counterterrorism
KABUL: China hosted on Saturday an annual conference for the joint working group of the Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism (QCCM) in counter terrorism by Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-Tajikistan Armed Forces and Militaries. The four parties reviewed their counter-terrorism cooperation efforts under the QCCM framework over the past year and agreed on the …
Read More »Ghani calls for serious Taliban talks, vows to restore peace
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: After marathon negotiations between the insurgent Taliban and the United States in Qatar last week, President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban to shun violence and engage in direct peace talks with his government. This comes a day after the US special peace envoy …
Read More »Political party urges ‘intra-Afghan peace talks’
KABUL: ‘Mehwar-e-Mardum’ political party has called for an immediate launch of direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in bid to negotiate a way to save Afghanistan from its ongoing chaos. The political party in a statement welcomed the week-long negotiations between Washington and the insurgents in …
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