Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 27 drug traffickers were sentenced to short and long incarceration in the past one week.  CJTF in a press statement said the primary and appeal court of CJTF convicted 27 smugglers to one and …

AT News Report KABUL: Umer Daudzai, head of the High Peace Council’s secretariat says he is not happy with the fifth round of US-Taliban negotiation over peace in Afghanistan, calling it a matter of concern. The US envoy for Afghanistan peace Zalmay Khalilzad is engaged in a week-long talks with …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 26 militants were killed and 13 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of …

AT News Report KABUL: A large number of children in Herat province called for end of war, saying they were tired of the longtime violence. These children asked Taliban militants to stop fighting and join the government-initiated peace process. In a gathering held on Monday by the human rights commissions’ …

AT News Report KABUL: The United Kingdom will continue cooperation with the peace process in Afghanistan and the High Peace Council, the government-funded entity responsible to facilitate talks between Taliban and government. British charge de affairs in Kabul met with Umer Daudzai, head of the council’s secretariat on Monday, assuring …

AT News Report KABUL: Negotiations going on between US representatives and Taliban negotiators in Qatar where they have approached agreements on some initial issues over peace and are working on a draft of their agreements, Taliban side said. The fifth round of talks between US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Private sector of Afghanistan has expressed deep concerns over what they say corruption and extortion paved the way for smuggling of goods, worth $1.5 billion from Pakistan to the country annually. Mr. Khan Jan Alkozai, Deputy of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said this …

AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr. Idrees Zaman met Monday with the Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Markus Potzel, where they discussed key issues related to bilateral relations. Zaman briefed the Ambassador on two important meetings, the …

Amidst continue peace talks in Doha Qatar, militants have made massive attacks against a military base at Shorab in Southern Helmand province. The Taliban leaders have claimed responsibility for recent deadly attacks in Helmand and are making different claims pertained to inflicting of huge human and logistic losses to Afghan …

AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources Dr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha met Monday with the Ambassador of Iran to Kabul, Mr. Mohammad Reza Bahrami, where they discussed issues related to mutual cooperation, inducing Chabahar Port, where for the first time Afghanistan sent cargos to India through …