Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban delegation and US representative for Afghan peace are set to meet within a week before the holy month of Ramadan in Qatar to hold the sixth round of negotiations on peace in Afghanistan. The meeting is announced after an Afghan to Afghan meeting scheduled …

AT News Report KABUL: The roads leading to the Loya Jirga place in western Kabul have been blocked by security forces, a move to adopt tight security for the jirga held Monday with the participation of 3,200 delegates from 34 provinces to seek ways for peace talks with Taliban insurgents. …

AT News Report KABUL: US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells and Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad on Monday, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process with the Pakistani officials. Pakistani’s Foreign Office Additional Secretary …

AT News Reports KABUL: At least three Taliban commanders along with their six associates have been killed and 12 others received injures in preemptive raids conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours in northern Faryab and Balkh provinces, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a …

Amidst commencing of four-days consultative Loya Jirga at Kabul, Islamabad also remain hub of high level talks and meetings on the long standing issue of Afghanistan. Beside the two neighboring countries ministerial level talks, the United States Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad along with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, South …

By Farhad Naibkhel        KABUL: The Consultative Loya Jirga for Peace with 3,200 delegates in attendance has been inaugurated on Monday in the wake of rejection of many mainstream political parties, influential Afghan figures and twelve electoral tickets. Among participants, 30 percent of them are women, where they discuss the ongoing …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Addressing a gathering of business leaders in Beijing, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Afghanistan certainty needs peace after almost four decades of war. Khan said that peace in Afghanistan has a huge impact on Pakistan and Central Asian countries under China’s global Belt and …

AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Federation’s Foreign Ministry on Monday reacted over revocation of intra-Afghan dialogue slated for 19-21 April to be held in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, criticizing the Afghan government for it.  Preparation was on full-swing where 250-member Afghan delegation had already assigned to take …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that peace depends on the people of Afghanistan, amid numerous criticisms by his political opposition who accuse him of sabotaging the ongoing peace efforts to prolong his power. President Ghani who was speaking Sunday to mark 27th anniversary of the Mujahideen victory …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai in a statement rejected the Consultative Loya Jirga held today (Monday) to discuss ways for peace as “not in people’s interest”, however, he calls the Jirgas as a united voice of Afghans raised to resolve big problems. Karzai called lack a consensus, …