Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 754 new cases and 72 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 3,135 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 754 were reported positive. The …
Read More »Khalilzad holds talks with Afghan negotiators
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiating team have discussed the mechanics and nuts and bolts of peace talks with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar, with both the sides reflecting on progress and challenges ahead of the long-stalled negotiations. In a tweet, the Afghan government’s peace team in Doha said …
Read More »Editorial: Complexities of the war
Afghanistan is in its defining moment. Anything terrible can happen, but it is reversible, still there is room to prevent any possible crisis in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal. We are in a whirl of unending war and turmoil. It has been for over four decades that peace or …
Read More »‘A silver lining’; Karzai optimistic as Doha talks unfold
We will witness resumption of serious peace talks soon I call on both sides to cease their fighting, especially the Taliban Both sides should stand firm and forge ahead for a lasting peace By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is projecting optimism that serious negotiations will start between …
Read More »Karzai, Abdullah to meet Taliban leaders in Qatar
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and chairman of reconciliation council, Abdullah Abdullah are to depart to Qatar on Friday to meet Taliban leaders based in the Persian Gulf Arab state. The meeting was expected to take place last month, but postponed as Abdullah accompanied President Ghani in his …
Read More »Lavrov says US in pursuit of military bases near Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Russia says that the United States is attempting to establish military bases in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, said Tuesday that Washington has not yet left Afghanistan, adding that it still interferes and launches airstrikes inside the country. He said that the United States …
Read More »Army regains control of key district in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: The government says that it had recaptured Keran-o-Menjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province. The ministry of defense said in a statement on Tuesday that at least 32 Taliban fighters were killed and 14 others wounded in operations conducted by the Afghan security force in northern the province. …
Read More »Afghanistan tops agenda at SCO summit
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s conflict will be dominating the agenda of talks at Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers’ summit on Tuesday and Wednesday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have left for Tajikistan to attend the SCO Foreign Ministries summit where the …
Read More »Taliban warn Turkey of ‘consequences’ over its Kabul airport plans
AT News KABUL: Taliban warned Turkey on Tuesday against its plans to provide security for Kabul airport after US-led foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, warning Ankara of “dire consequences”. In a statement on Tuesday, Taliban opposed the presence of Turkish forces in Afghanistan. “Turkish officials had decided, with the …
Read More »Fighting engulfs Ghazni; Afghan forces resist Taliban onslaught
AT News KABUL: Fighting inside Ghazni city has intensified, local sources said on Monday, as Afghan security forces are putting up fierce resistance against the Taliban who are pushing with a heavy offensive across the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni province. The Taliban are using people and homes as shields. …
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