“It seems that some quarters [in Pakistan] have re-adopted their previous policies regarding Afghanistan. Peace in Afghanistan is inevitable for peace and prosperity in Pakistan. Afghanistan had changed and that the time had gone when the Taliban or any other force was imposed on Afghan people,” says Asfandyar Wali Khan. …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. Obama had originally planned to …

Mullah Omar’s death reports implicated the peace negotiations. Now almost all of those who had been part of negotiations agree that stalled peace talks are making it more troublesome to figure out a peaceful solution to the Afghan conundrum. When the government looks floundered and the Taliban are hell-bent on …

AT-KABUL: Three civilians on Thursday were injured in a magnet-bomb blast in third jurisdiction of Kabul city, said police. Spokesman to Kabul police, Baseer Mujahid, told Afghanistan Times that the blast took place on Thursday morning in third jurisdiction of the capital city. The injured men were civilians and had …

“Though challenges are there, yet we are still hopeful that Pakistan will play its proactive role in peace mediation, say Afghan embassy officials in Islamabad” AT-KABUL: Afghan media delegation visited Pakistan this week. The media exchange program, organized by Equal Access Afghanistan and Equal Access Pakistan, turned out to be …

AT-KABUL: At least 217 Taliban militants have been killed in military offensives conducted by Afghan security forces in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement issued on Wednesday said that security forces conducted military operations against the Taliban insurgents …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants torched three security checkpoints in Tagab district of Kapisa province, said an official source. A security official in the province said that fighting between the Taliban militants and Afghan forces erupted on Tuesday afternoon in Anarzoi, Shahrak, Ghanikhel, and Korghal areas of the district. …

AT-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detained nine terrorists on Kabul-Jalalabad highway in Nangarhar province, said an official source. The NDS in a press statement issued on Wednesday said that the arrested men wanted to conduct terrorist attacks on vehicles of security forces and civilians. Those arrested …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least two civilians have been killed and six others wounded in a bomb blast in Yahyakhel district of southern Paktika province on Wednesday. Provincial Council Chairman, Afsar Khan Sulemankhel, said that two people have been killed and six others sustained injuries in an explosion took place …

“The Lower House of the Parliament said it wants tax on cellular services but under a new regulation approved by the lawmakers as without approval the Presidential decree on tax violates the Constitution” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday rejected the presidential decree imposing a 10 percent tax …