Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: As intensive military operations to suppress the Taliban fighters have been in full-swing in the western part of Afghanistan, a local official in Ghor province have informed of surrendering of around 70 Taliban militants. Provincial Governor, Ghulam Nassir Khazi said the surrendered militants were strongly activated in …
Read More »Rebels ambush police checkpoints, killing 5
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have attacked two police checkpoints in southern Urozgan province and killed five policemen and one another, local officials confirmed on Wednesday. Chinartoy district chief, Faiz Mohammad Hanifi said, “On Tuesday night, the Taliban have lunched two separate attacks on security checkpoint in the district.” …
Read More »Widening political rift over mechanism of peace
AT News KABUL: There is a national consensus on peace but political rift is building up on its ways and means, according to the State Ministry for Peace – amid hectic negotiations between the United States and Taliban in Doha. The bone of contention is whether to accede to a …
Read More »‘We are sick of carnage, violence’, Kunar demonstrators
AT News KABUL: A large number of residents and clerics in a demonstration in Assadabad, the capital city of eastern Kunar province, have called for a ceasefire agreement between the government and Taliban to end the longest conflicts in the country. “We are sick of carnage and violence, we want …
Read More »Fate of the nation lies in hands of few commissioners
AT News KABUL: The fate of the Afghan nation lies at the hands of few election commissioners as the presidential election is becoming more and more compounded after a national consensus for a political settlement continues to founder. The prolonged election process has become very irritating in the face of …
Read More »WB envisages tough economic times for Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Against the backdrop of the Parliament’s passing of the national budget bill for the next year, the World Bank is warning Afghanistan will face tough times in 2020 in terms of economic resilience amid existential threats including the exponential political uncertainty and the dwindling foreign aid. Political …
Read More »China appoints new special envoy for Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China has appointed Liu Jian as the new special envoy for Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Wednesday. “Special Envoy Liu is a senior diplomat who has served as China’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Malaysia, Pakistan and other countries”, he said during his regular …
Read More »Hullabaloo simmers after House passes next year’s budget bill
Some have taken umbrage at what they tout as unbalanced budget, slinging accusations on a few lawmakers to vote it through AT News KABUL: Afghan parliament on Wednesday passed the budget bill for the next year, igniting a firestorm of criticism and charges that the bill is drastically unbalanced and …
Read More »Pakistani journalist sentence to 5-year jail
AT News KABUL: The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in a joint statement on Wednesday have condemned the sentence of a Pakistani Journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry by the Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan for allegedly possessing banned literature and spreading religious hatred. “Chaudhry, a journalist …
Read More »Editorial: Irony of Ghani’s demagogic appointments
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has decreed the appointment of his deputy chief of staff, Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, as the deputy minister for political affairs and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. The same presidential decree has further ordered that the deputy for political affairs who replaced Idrees Zaman shall also lead …
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