Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that he has great hope for the future of Afghanistan and its people. He said this at the International Contact Group for Afghanistan.    “Very pleased to spend the day with colleagues and friends from around the world at the International …

A high ranking US official has predicted that militant groups in Pakistan will continue to take advantage of their “safe havens” to plan and conduct attacks in neighboring countries and beyond. Mr. Daniel Coats serving as Director of National Intelligence made these remarks while briefing the US Senate Select Committee …

KABUL: The Moderation and Equality team, led by presidential hopeful Zalmai Rasoul says it fully supports the ongoing efforts in bringing peace after nearly a two-decade war, emphasizing that it should be an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process. The team said Wednesday in a statement that Rasoul and his running mates …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Attorney General Office has addressed 2,701 cases of violence against women this year and perpetrators of violence were not included in presidential pardon decrees. “These cases of violence against women had been addressed since December 2018, most of which received logical conclusion,” said AGO spokesman Jamshid Rasouli. He …

KABUL: Days after peace negotiators of the Taliban and the United States touted progress in Qatar talks, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that talks in Afghanistan ‘are going well’. “Afghanistan talks are proceeding well,” Trump wrote on Twitter. He did not address any possible peace accord with the …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive says that terrorist groups receive support from foreign countries which use them as a tool for their own whims. Deputy Spokesman for the chief executive Omid Maysam said Wednesday that some regional countries use terrorism for their own goals. Although Russia says ISIL fighters are being …

KABUL: The Taliban has said they are not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in Afghanistan, and rather are looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions.a Taliban’s spokesman Shaheen Suhail on Wednesday told AP from Qatar that “Once US forces withdraw from Afghanistan, the Taliban want …

KABUL: The Qatari government has promised any cooperation for settlement of peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban militants, the High Peace Council said. The council spokesman, Sayed Ehsan Taheri said Wednesday that representative of Qatari foreign ministry, Mutlaq al Qahtani met with the chairman of the high …

KABUL: The Taliban’s top negotiator says the Americans are serious about withdrawing from Afghanistan, thereby caving to a longstanding demand of the militant group. “I think the US is very serious about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan,” said Sher Abbas Stanikzai, who led the Taliban at peace negotiations with the United …

KABUL: The U.S. Department of Defense has said that peace negotiations between Washington and the Taliban are ‘encouraging’ but need more time to culminate into a substantial result. The U.S. acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday said the negotiators should be given time, describing the talks as encouraging. “Now …