Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The parliament’s 17th work round opened on Saturday after a four-year delay from the constitution’s foreseeing, and six months after the legislative elections held on October 20. President Ashraf Ghani in his opening speech touched the peace importance, saying that he was committed to the government’s …

AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, met Taliban’s co-founder and head of the group’s political office in Qatar. Taliban said Friday in a statement that the meeting focused on the peace efforts, civilian casualties prevention and humanitarian assistance to needy people …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Turkish state-run aid agency has provided food and shelter for approximately 1,000 families suffering from floods in northern Afghanistan, the agency announced. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) said it distributed food packages and tents to the families who lost their homes due to …

AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday welcomed statement by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on his appeal for reduction of violence and also of not be party to any internal conflict in Afghanistan anymore. Khalilzad says in a tweet that he “greatly …

AT News Report KABUL: Iranian and Indian ambassadors to Afghanistan have reiterated their country’s support over Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Friday in a statement.  They said this in a separate meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib. During meeting …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the wrong policies of the US in war-torn Afghanistan, saying talking to the Taliban about Afghanistan’s future but excluding the Afghan government from it has achieved nothing. He said while speaking at the Asia Society, while also touched upon ISIS, …

Before embarking on a five days trip to China, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Afghanistan’s conflict has brought great suffering for both Pakistan and Afghanistan for last 40 years. Now, after a long wait, the Afghanistan Peace Process presents a historic opportunity for peace in the region and …

(By Pan Yixuan, Adapted from China Daily) Editor’s Note: Doubts have again been raised over the Belt and Road Initiative’s goals, with some calling it a “debt trap” for participating countries and China’s “geopolitical expansion tool”. Why are anti-China elements using such ploys to malign China? And will they see …

AT News Report KABUL: The trilateral meeting between special envoys of United States, Russia and China in Moscow concluded on Thursday where they reached consensus on the Afghan peace process. It was the second trilateral consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, in which US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun, …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) broke into a pair of Taliban prison in southern Zabul province and freed 53 prisoners—both military personnel and civilians held by the Taliban, security institutions said Friday. ANDSF raided a Taliban terrorist prison in Ulam village of Daichupan …