AT News Report KABUL: Taliban’s new political chief and head of Qatar Political Office, Mullah Baradar, will miss next round of peace talks with the US delegation in Qatar due to some reasons, including lack of traveling documents that preventing him from traveling abroad, Taliban sources told Afghanistan Times. Baradar, …
Read More »NUG sabotaging peace process : Khurram
Afghanistan since long years has been in a while of unending war, and unfettered turmoil, where peace is now like a distant dream. Even state of normalcy is far from expectation. It also been piled up in perpetual conflicts where peace and normalcy is far from the lens and seems …
Read More »China to form SCO Contact Group to help ‘end war in Afghanistan’
Beijing genuinely helps Afghanistan achieving peace, stability: Andarabi AT News Report KABAUL: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will form a Contact Group to help in a political settlement in Afghanistan to put an end to the long-lasted war. He made the remarks in a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart …
Read More »Editorial: Tension affects peace process
Growing tension in the region due to alarming situation between India and Pakistan over recent deadly terrorist attack at Pulwama has posed adverse impacts on US brokered peace process. The US special envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad has cancelled his much important trip to Pakistan-considered major and most important stake holder …
Read More »T20 Series: Afghanistan beat Ireland by five wickets in opening India contest
Afghanistan recovered from early batting struggles to earn a five-wicket win over Ireland in the opening T20 series contest in India. After being in trouble at 65-6 in the 12th over, George Dockrell’s 34 not out and Stuart Poynter’s unbeaten 31 helped Ireland post 132-6. The Afghans were reduced to …
Read More »Stage set for first Afghanistan-Ireland T20
Afghanistan are all poised to take on Ireland in the first T20 match, sponsored by the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun on Thursday. The newest Test nations, the two sides are to play three T20 Internationals, five ODIs and a solitary Test in …
Read More »Will next US, Taliban talks lead to progress
By Maomjan Masomy Although, the U.S. and Taliban representatives have been faced three times with each other in Doha and Abu Dubai meetings during last four months to seek solution for the Afghanistan’s long term conflict.However, the Afghan national unity government was not part of these meetings, and it is …
Read More »Editorial: Irresponsible views
Pakistan’s ambassador at Kabul was summoned by Foreign Ministry and handed over him a strong-worded protest in response to his words, pertained to what he called posing of bad impacts on peace process due to Afghanistan and Indian relations. At the moment, tension is fuelling day by day between India …
Read More »Afghanistan, Turkmenistan signed strategic cooperation agreement
AT News Report KABUL: Presidents of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Ashraf Ghani, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation between the two countries in Ashgabat on Thursday, according to Trend reports via Turkmenistan State News Agency. The cooperation are included agreements on customs cooperation and air traffic, on …
Read More »Afghanistan to speeds up prisoner swap process with Iran
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan authorities announced Wednesday to accelerate prisoners swap process with the neighboring Iran, where thousands of Afghan refugees have been imprisoned by Iranian judiciary for committing different crimes. The country’s judiciary authorities in a press briefing informed to speeds up prisoners exchange process to bring home …
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