Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence service – NDS – said on Wednesday that it had killed the Taliban mastermind of a deadly attack on a military base in Maidan Wardak province. The Taliban commander was killed along with seven other terrorists in an ‘air strike’ on Tuesday night. Intelligence forces found whereabouts …

KABUL: As many as 1,000 tons of fish is produced every year from the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, said officials on Wednesday. Agriculture Directorate of southern Helmand province said that 1,350 tons of fish meat is produced from the Helmand River. Agriculture Head Zalmai Alkozai said that some 260 …

KABUL: In the midst of the Afghan peace journey and US envoy’s negotiations with Taliban in Qatar, the High Peace Council says that peace process is in need of a trilateral agreement between the United States, Afghanistan and the Taliban. Peace Council member Abdul Hakim Mujahid said peace should be …

AT-KABUL: The general manager of the chamber of commerce and industries for the regional economic cooperation organization in Afghanistan calls on the leaders of the Afghan government to consider the figures presented at the at the annual conference in economic growth and development in order to be able to take …

 AT-KABUL: Changes in the system of electoral commission are imminent, said head of the body, adding that no changes would be brought to its leadership. Abdul Badee Sayyad said Wednesday that bringing changes in the independent election commission would make fresh problems instead of lifting the previous ones. He offered …

AT-KABUL: A U.S. service member have been killed on Tuesday in a firefight with the militants in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan—marking the second American soldier casualty in this year. The soldier was hit by small-arms fire in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan, north of Kandahar, said military spokesman Col. Dave Butler.  The shooting …

The Taliban militant group through its spokesman claimed responsibility for the latest deadly terrorist attack on an official installation which causes lives to over countrymen. All victims were students/trainees of a state organ which is defending the motherland from aggression both from in and outside of the country. Whatever might …

An exclusive interview with Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta Afghanistan has been in a whirl of unending war and unfettered turmoil, whereas peace – or at least a state of normalcy – is a distant dream. Deadlocked reconciliation process and long-drawn-out elections are incontrovertible proofs of monolithic instability in Afghanistan, manacling …

By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: There is a rush for a negotiating settlement after 18 years of war within the US administration to end the prolonged hostility with the Taliban group. To discharge the obligation, US installed Zalmay Khalilzad, a veteran diplomat with dual (Afghan-American) citizenship as special envoy for Afghanistan …

AT-KABUL: In the prolong odyssey of Afghan fragile peace process, the chief executive office of Afghan government is optimistic for the result of the US  and Taliban officials meetings, held in Qatar to work out for the direct Afghan and Taliban officials talks. A spokesman for the CEO said on …