Afghanistan Times
KABUL: The Qatari government has promised any cooperation for settlement of peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban militants, the High Peace Council said. The council spokesman, Sayed Ehsan Taheri said Wednesday that representative of Qatari foreign ministry, Mutlaq al Qahtani met with the chairman of the high …
Read More »Taliban says US ‘serious’on Afghan withdrawal
KABUL: The Taliban’s top negotiator says the Americans are serious about withdrawing from Afghanistan, thereby caving to a longstanding demand of the militant group. “I think the US is very serious about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan,” said Sher Abbas Stanikzai, who led the Taliban at peace negotiations with the United …
Read More »‘More time needed for peace negotiations’
KABUL: The U.S. Department of Defense has said that peace negotiations between Washington and the Taliban are ‘encouraging’ but need more time to culminate into a substantial result. The U.S. acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday said the negotiators should be given time, describing the talks as encouraging. “Now …
Read More »Kandahar elders express support for peace process
KABUL: Tribal elders and influential figures in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday voiced their support of the ongoing peace efforts. They said the war had been imposed on Afghans, calling on the government to put an end to the current war. The tribal elders also said the peace …
Read More »Moral corruption dissuaded many women from running in elections: FEFA
KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), a non-government electoral monitoring says that some evil demands from women during the elections caused them refrain from contesting in the votes. The body also expressed concerns of what it called “restricted freedoms and dual behaviors” against women in the …
Read More »“Interim government will save peace talks”
KABUL: Political analysts believe that only an interim administration could help the ongoing peace process succeed. Although the United States and some regional countries are making efforts to find a way to put an end to the Afghan war, Taliban militants have not yet said ‘YES’ to requests over sitting …
Read More »Russia urges US to complete probe into erroneous air strikes on Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Moscow urges Washington to complete the probe into the US troops’ erroneous air strikes against civilians in Afghanistan and hold culprits liable, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a commentary circulated on Wednesday. Over the past week alone, the US indiscriminate air strikes in Afghanistan have killed about 35 …
Read More »Paradox of peace process; Optimism and pessimism hang over Doha talks
By Mansoor Faizy and Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: There is an immediate need to chalk out a comprehensive plan to grab the unprecedented peace opportunity as scaremongers and conspiracy theorists don’t help rather make things more complicated. In the wake of progress in Doha talks, US and Taliban members presented the …
Read More »Indonesia reaffirms commitment to restore peace in Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: The government of Indonesia has reaffirmed commitments for bringing peace to Afghanistan. Special Envoy of Vice President of Indonesia for Afghanistan, Mr. Hamid Awaluddin said this in talks with the Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani. Mr. Awaludin reaffirmed his country’s commitments for bringing peace to Afghanistan and expressed his country’s …
Read More »Editorial: Khalilzad is too clear
In response to fears and apprehensions regarding impacts of US troop’s pullout from Afghanistan in according to proposed peace agreement, Ambassador Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad has made it clear that this decision could be made with the consent of Afghan government. He made it clear that in the light of past …
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