Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: A diplomatic delegation from the US Embassy led by Counselor for Peace and Reconciliation Alan Misenheimer visited Herat on Tuesday, where they held meetings with acting provincial governor Moheddin Noori and civil society leaders representing women, youth, academia, and media.  The visit supports Special Representative Zalamy Khalilzad’s efforts to end the conflict …

AT-KABUL: Afghan military officials in eastern Nangarhar province say they detained a man who planned to smuggle timbers to Pakistan—a black, but a lucrative business that the Afghan government since long has been scrambling to put a complete halt to its practicing. 201 Selab Military Corps Forces on Tuesday arrested …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban group has once again rejected to hold talks with the US official on Afghan peace set for today (Wednesday), just after flinching to take part in anther peace talks in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia. The Afghan Taliban said they had called off peace talks with U.S. officials …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Tuesday killed eight Taliban fighters in a clash erupted between them in southern Paktika province, security official said. The clash took place in Chali region Sharan, the capital city of Paktika, in which the Afghan National Police (ANA) killed eight Taliban insurgents, Ministry of …

In the wake of Afghan Taliban leaders reluctance to talk with US in presence of Saudi and UAE officials at Riyadh on January 13, now they (Taliban) also rejected to hold talks with the US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha Qatar which was set for today January 9. Whatever …

AT-KABUL: Amid a war on drugs, the country’s top counternarcotics court has sentenced 21 drug traffickers to prison in the past one week. They sent behind bars for short and long-term incarceration. Criminal Justice Takes Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that its primary and appellate courts have convicted 21 drug …

AT-KABUL: With new defense minister at office and strategy change in fighting ground, the anti-Taliban winter operations have taken heavy toll on the Taliban insurgents as 49 of its fighters were killed Tuesday, while 97 other on Monday, a totally of (146) death casualties within a week. 97 Taliban insurgents …

 AT-KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman on Monday met with Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (UNSRSG) Ambassador Tadamichi Yammoto, where they discussed important issues, including the upcoming 3rd meeting of the Kabul Process. The two sides discussed and exchanged views on the agenda, participation and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban are seeking peace with the Afghan government and Iran is helping the process to promote stability and peace in the country, the secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran told (IRNA) on Monday. ‘Iran is peace-seeking and has no domineering intentions,’ said Ali Shamkhani …

KABUL: Members of parliament are worried about the security in the provinces of Ghor, Ghazni and Badghis, calling on the government to be serious in ensuring security. They claimed on Monday that armed opposition groups have recently received modern and sophisticated weapons in these three provinces and have inflicted casualties …