Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Bala Murghab, a district of the northwestern Badghis province is still under the siege of the Taliban group, provincial officials said Friday. Last week Taliban militants attack the district and the roads toward it has been blocked since. The roads to Bala Murghab have been blocked …

AT News Report KABUL: The US state department has rejected remarks made by the National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib in accusing US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad of trying to form an interim administration with himself at the top. Mohib said these words in an interview with journalists …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack against two New Zealand mosques that killed around 50 people, denouncing the attacks crime against human being. “Terrorism has not specific geography and has no ties with specific social classes. Therefore, all the world nations should cooperate …

AT News Report KABUL: The government denies the reports that President Ghani’s National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib was summoned during his US visit by the country’s stated department. The reports about Mohib’s summon came after he accused US special envoy for Afghanistan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad at a UN Security Council …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who presented his Annual Report for 2018 on Thursday, March 14, said the future of the alliance’s 15-year presence in Afghanistan will depend on the outcome of peace talks involving Taliban militants. He said NATO has stepped up in the fight …

AT News Report KABUL: The youngest National Security Advisor said that Afghan has now changed a lot and no longer pose security threats to the world. Here is remarks of Dr. HamdullahMohib at “The Future of U.S.-Afghanistan Relations: A View from Afghanistan”. A moderated discussion with Ambassador Husain Haqqani  I …

AT News Report  KABUL: UNAMA takes note of the recent decision by the Afghan Government to address reports of civilian casualties apparently caused by pro-Government forces in three separate incidents on 8 and 9 March in Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, including the instruction of the President for a …

Former Afghan president hopes for an intra-Afghan dialogue in which the Afghan government is present. US officials and Taliban representatives have wrapped up their longest round of talks – lasting 16 days – in Qatar’s capital. While both sides hailed progress on key issues in Doha, there was no major breakthrough coming …

AT News Report KABUL: Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The leadership of the National Unity Government strongly condemned it. The country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incident as a terrorist attack and one of New …

An armed persons have showered bullets against the faithful who were assembled for offering the Friday (Juma prays) with automatic guns at two different mosques in New Zealand on Friday. As a result, around 49 people were killed and at least over 20 other injured. Preliminary media report quoting Police …