Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: At least seven Daesh affiliates have been killed during an operation conducted by police forces in eastern Kunar province, official said Wednesday. Police Special Unit carried out a preemptive crackdown against Daesh loyalist in province, in which seven Daesh militants were killed, said Ministry of Interior …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is appearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for a closed hearing on the Afghan reconciliation process, said US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.   It is expected that Khalilzad will brief the committee on his talks with Abdul …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to a process that can help Afghanistan emerge as a united, peaceful, inclusive and economically vibrant nation. Any peace agreement in Afghanistan must guarantee gender equality and respect for human rights. The Indian minister of external affairs said Sushma Swaraj, …

AT Mentoring Desk KABUL: European Union Special Envoy for Afghanistan Roland Kobia has met Taliban’s political office head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar. Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office, said Roland Kobia and Baradar discussed the current situation in Afghanistan, talks with the US, prevention of civilian …

Overwhelming majority in Afghanistan have been made fed up by prolonged wars and hostilities, therefore, they are in favour of reconciliation and patch up with the opposition Taliban. But at the same time, media personnel and politically aware people who believe in human rights are fearing threats to press freedom …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a car bomb exploded Wednesday afternoon in southern Ghazni province. A Taliban suicide bomber who drove an explosive-laden Humvee went off in city’s security belt in 2nd PD of Ghazni at around 1:50pm local …

AT News Report KABUL: Political leaders and presidential candidates mostly opposition to President Ashraf Ghani, have threatened to block main roads in Kabul city to pressure the president leave office. A council shaped by the presidential hopefuls is said to block the roads if its demand was not met by …

AT News Report KABUL: Today, May 22, is the last day of the national unity government, an administration formed by the US broker in September 2014 after none of two frontrunners in the president elections (President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah) managed to secure enough votes to prevent …

 AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Convicted of killing an Afghan citizen, a US soldier has been freed from a military correctional facility on Fort Leavenworth in northeastern Kansas As he was released after eight years in prison, US Army National Guard Sgt. Derrick Miller’s mother Renee Myers cried: “Ah, my baby.” …

AT News Report KABUL: Some two million children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition, while 485,000 pregnant women are deprived from food safety, said the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The UNICEF said Tuesday in a report that it had surveyed children under the age of five, pregnant …