Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India recently told the US that an elected political structure should remain in place post-US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, who was in Washington last week, met United State’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad during which both discussed the peace process in strife-torn, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump and his national security team had an hour long, classified meeting on Afghanistan on Friday, a day after a top Afghan official openly complained that the Trump administration was keeping his government in the dark about its negotiations with the Taliban.  The …

AT News Report KABUL: At least three police officers embraced martyrdom and four other received injures after their check post came under attack by the militants in northern Sar-i-Pul city, the provincial capital, provincial officials said Saturday. It was around 02:00 am Friday night when militants attacked the check post, …

AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday summoned a senior official from Pakistani embassy in Kabul after Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan said that new government would soon come in Afghanistan, terming it a clear intervention into internal affairs of the country. Foreign Minister Spokesman Sebghat …

AT News Report KABYL: Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on Saturday met with the Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, where Rabbani thanked the Indonesian Government for its special hospitality and efforts in paving the way for face to face peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban. Kalla called the issue …

“Peace is important than election” By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The former Taliban member on Saturday called on their ex-comrades to node for ceasefire in a bid to facilitate the ongoing peace talks that had recently concluded after 16 days of talks with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. …

#MyRedLine – A social movement cataloguing where Afghan’s stand on women’s rights and peace. “Democratic values and human rights. These are my red lines” – Dr. Orzala AT News Report KABUL: Farahnaz Forotan a Kabul-based journalist, in partnership with UN Women Afghanistan launched “#MyRedLine” – an online campaign cataloguing where …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A hero grandpa who threw himself in front of a worshiper, a woman gunned down trying to save her quadriplegic husband and a 4-year-old boy are among those killed by a hate-filled extremist in the New Zealand mosque attacks, according to reports. Daoud Nabi, 71, was …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 94 militants have been killed and 18 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

Afghanistan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib in his recent statement made certain reservations about the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad peace efforts and talks with Taliban leaders in Doha Qatar. Mohib says that any agreement without involvement of Unity Government would not be acceptable as it …