Afghanistan Times

By Seddiq Hussainy Since years, China has been striving to revitalize the ancient Silk Road and expand it into a global trade network to connect its southernmost parts to Central Asia and South and Southeast Asia, Eurasia, and Europe. But Afghanistan has been peripheral to China’s intercontinental project because drastic …

AT News Report KABAUL: The finance ministry says it has allocated 369 million Afs (around five million USD) for the expenses of the Consultative Loya Jirga slated to be held this month to discuss peace ways. More than 2,000 people from across the country are to be called for the …

AT News Report KABUL: Women in Paktia province express support for the ongoing peace efforts, saying they hope the country be dominated by a durable peace in the New Afghan Year. These women call on the government and Taliban to resort to peace this year. In a gathering held Friday …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who addressed the NATO’s Foreign Ministers meeting in Washington D.C., said that in the Afghan peace talks they will make sure that the United States will never be threatened from Afghanistan’s soil and the sacrifices of the past 18 …

Afghanistan stars Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan have lashed out at Afghanistan selection committee after their surprising decision to sack Asghar Afghan as captain of the team. With less than two months remaining before Afghanistan play just their second World Cup, the selectors dropped a major bombshell by sacking the …

AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan recently has tried best to cool a row over its country’s prime minister’s comments about Afghanistan which was an interfering statement into internal affairs, now Imran Khan yet again repeated his controversial remark, suggesting that Kabul should setup an interim government to help peace talks …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg has said that alliance wants a peaceful solution to the Afghan conflict, saying they will make decisions on its future presence in Afghanistan following ongoing negotiations with the Taliban. While briefing newsmen head of NATO Foreign Minister’s meeting in Washington D.C., …

AT News Report KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who is in Islamabad as part of his multi-nation trip on Afghan peace, met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday, Pakistani media reported. During meeting Qureshi told Khalizad that intra-Afghan dialogue is a key component …

Preparations for the two-days intra Afghan dialogues at Doha Qatar are in full swing whereas former President Hamid Karzai is making best to make the event fruitful in according to wishes of countrymen who are eagerly waiting for peace and tranquility. The preliminary list prepared by Qatar government is being …

“We can’t leave peace efforts” AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says he would persuade the government to attend the upcoming meeting between Taliban and Afghan politicians scheduled to be held in Qatar. The Qatar meeting called in Afghanistan as intra-Afghan dialogue is actually the sequel of Moscow …