Afghanistan Times

KABUL: The government says that during the winter operations, heavy casualties were inflicted on the armed opposition groups, with the security forces regaining more areas. Ghafoor Ahmad Jawid,spokesman of the ministry of defense said on Wednesday that the operationsgoing on in different provinces,would continue untilthe end of the winter. He …

KABUL: The government seems optimistic to what it calls “peace approach”, arguing the regional and international efforts had helped with the process. The chief executive office says that US president Donald Trump’s recent statements on Afghan peace, made Afghans be more hopeful for peace. “Now that regional and international efforts …

AT-KABUL: Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz has been appointed as new Kabul Mayor based on a decree issued by the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. The President Ghani’s new appointment made after 4-month, and during that period the Kabul Municipality was running by acting mayor. The decree states that the appointment of Ahmad …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan for title sponsorship rights of the upcoming nine-match series between Afghanistan and Ireland. The series, consisting of three T20Is, five ODIs and one Test will commence from 21st February in Dehradun, will be played …

The reunioning of leading Afghan citizens at Moscow has strengthened the hopes of those countrymen who have paid great prices for the sovereignty and solidarity of their motherland in the last four decades. Appearing with one voice on concluding of the first day and first ever direct talks with each …

KABUL: Religious scholars in the northern Baghlan province urge that only intra-Afghan dialogues could help Afghans end the war. They said Wednesday that people are tired of war and that an intra-Afghan negotiation is urgently needed to find a way for the end of the two-decade war. They said that …

KABUL: Employees of the independent electoral complaints commission in Badakhshan province say their colleagues in the headquarters in Kabul should be punished for corruption. They also accused the commission’s head office of corruption and officials in the commission had changed the votes for the favor of some candidates who gave …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday appointed his economic advisor Ajmal Ahmadi as acting Minister of Commerce and Industries. “In line with the paragraph 13 of article 64 of the constitution of Afghanistan, the appointment of Mr. Ajmal Ahmadi as acting of minister of commerce and industries of the Islamic …

KABUL: The United States top military officer in Afghanistan has said that no party will win the Afghan war, a statement that is apparently supporting his civil colleagues who are in a hurry to end Washington’s longest war without a result for both Kabul and Washington. General Scott Miller, who …

KABUL: As opposition of US Senate Republications is growing over Afghanistan drawdown, President Donald Trump reiterated on Tuesday his rhetoric considering withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. In his State of the Union address hours after the Senate voted overwhelmingly for keeping US forces in Afghanistan, Trump defended his position and recalled …