Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: At least 23 militants have been killed and 13 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different parts of the country in past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. In a press release, the Ministry of Defense said …

Heavy torrential rains across Afghanistan has badly affected already war stricken, terror and violence civilians. Preliminary reports reveal that scores of people were injured and around one dozen killed only in Kandahar province. Similar are reports from Central Ghor, Farah, Helmand and Bamiyan provinces. The reports from Kandahar reveal that …

AT News Reports KABUL: The Afghan Red Crescent Society has started requests for donation process to the flood-affected families, calling on the traders to cooperate with the aid organizations. The relief body says that it has donated essentials to more than 200 families affected by flood in Farah province. Meeram …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban militants are seeking ways to pressure the US side in the talks underway for peace through attacks including one on the army’s 215 Maiwand Corps, political and military analysts say. A group of Taliban fighters stormed the army corps on Friday in Helmand province, …

AT News Report KABUL: The High Peace Council on Sunday revealed postponement of Consultative Loya Jirga for peace where thousands of people, inducing women were supposed to come under one roof to seek ways how to bring peace in the war-torn country, though it was earlier scheduled to commence on …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sympathies and condolences to the families affected by the recent floods. “With very regret, I learned that a number of our dear country-fellows have suffered casualties and losses due to the recent floods in different parts of the country,” …

AT News Reports KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives launched an operation against a Taliban hideout in the northern Baghlan province, in which two insurgents were killed. A statement released by the intelligence agency on Sunday, said that the hideout was located in the Mollayan village along the …

AT News Report KABUL: Some members of parliament ask the US not to hurry in withdrawal from Afghanistan, fearing the pullout may help the country turn again into a battlefield. The US representatives sat for the fifth time with Taliban negotiators in Qatar, with the militants emphasizing on the quick …

AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of ongoing peace talks with Taliban group and forthcoming Presidential Elections, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday met with Ambassador Markus Potzel, Special Representative of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan, where peace, election and security came under their microscope of discussion. “Germany has …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The National Unity Government assured of not forfeiting the past achievements, including the free media in peace talks with the Taliban group—a clear message to the Taliban as the US special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad just resumed peace talks with Taliban to find a …