AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government invited Afghan foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar to visit Islamabad amid cold relation between the two neighboring countries. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the invitation offered in a telephonic conversation by the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan to Minister …
Read More »Notice: Afghanistan Times Daily
KABUL: Afghanistan Times has noticed a YouTube Channel that has been publishing false and fake news. The Channel quoted a fake headline falsified and a screenshot copy of the Afghanistan Times webpage. Afghanistan Times clarify and notify its readers and media outlets that we have never published such fake and …
Read More »Afghanistan seeks ways to purchase Russian weapons as US exit
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan pins eyes on the Russian Federation for purchasing weapons as U.S. and NATO forces are exiting after a 20-year presence in the country. According to Itlat-e-Roz, Afghan Ambassador to Russia, Said Tayeb Jawad told TASS news agency that Kabul is ready to purchase arms and military equipment …
Read More »Six Afghan-Iran railway project security Guards killed in bombing
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A roadside bombing claimed the lives of six Afghan security forces nearby a railway project under construction to connect Afghanistan with neighboring Iran in the western province of Herat. Provincial Governor, Wahid Qatali said those who were killed had been guarding the site of the railway …
Read More »100-bed hospital inaugurated for Covid-19 patients in Kabul
Daily Covid-19: Cases 929, deaths 25 AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health on Sunday confirmed 929 cases of Covid-19 with 25 deaths amid the enforcement of lockdowns on schools and university in 16 of 34 provinces to prevent the further spread of the pandemic virus. The cases were …
Read More »Afghan negotiators to fly to Qatar in efforts to resume stalled peace talks
AT News KABUL: The Afghan negotiating team is to visit Doha within next two days to breach the deadlock in the stalled peace negotiations amid international forces withdrawal. A member of the Afghan negotiating team, Nader Nadery said that the negotiations between the two sides will be resumed. Nadery put …
Read More »Editorial: Peace, still a pipe-dream
The Afghan people are highly waiting for peace to return to the country, but could go horribly wrong if seen through a foreign set-up. History tells us that foreign-initiated peace plan or agreement that was somehow imposed on Afghanistan, failed to bring peace, rather it had left much more complexity …
Read More »Hekmatyar reveals new details of meeting with President Ghani
AT News KABUL: Leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said that he has reached agreements over some issues with President Ashraf Ghani. The agreements were made on at least eight subjects in a trilateral meeting with the presence of Former President Hamid Karzai, Hekmatyar told a press conference on Sunday. Hekmatyar …
Read More »Seven wedding guests killed in Kapisa mortar attack
AT News KABUL: Seven civilians were killed after a mortar fired by the Taliban hit a wedding party in Tagab districts of central Kapisa province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Shayeq Sorrosh said that the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Anarjoy village of Tagab district. The victims include children but no …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian casualties in Kapisa, Parwan
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned recent deadly attacks in Northern provinces of Kapisa and Parwan in which 11 civilians were killed and 19 were injured. Former President called on the Afghan warring parties to denounce continued war that is imposed by foreigners on the Afghan nation. …
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