Afghanistan Times

KABUL: China hosted on Saturday an annual conference for the joint working group of the Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism (QCCM) in counter terrorism by Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-Tajikistan Armed Forces and Militaries. The four parties reviewed their counter-terrorism cooperation efforts under the QCCM framework over the past year and agreed on the …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: After marathon negotiations between the insurgent Taliban and the United States in Qatar last week, President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban to shun violence and engage in direct peace talks with his government. This comes a day after the US special peace envoy …

KABUL: ‘Mehwar-e-Mardum’ political party has called for an immediate launch of direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in bid to negotiate a way to save Afghanistan from its ongoing chaos. The political party in a statement welcomed the week-long negotiations between Washington and the insurgents in …

KABUL: An Afghan special forces raid freed 38 members of security forces from a Taliban jail in the volatile central-eastern province of Ghazni, the military said on Monday. The rescue happened during a raid on a Taliban prison Sunday night in the area between Spin Klay and Ghat Klay villages …

KABUL: NAI, a non-government body monitoring activities and rights of media outlets, says that the media had been marginalized during talks held between US and Taliban officials over peace process. The watchdog said Monday that the two negotiating parties should have paid attention to media freedom and achievements gained regarding …

KABUL: The ministry of mines and petroleum said on Monday that it has drafted a mutual strategy with the ministry of commerce and industries to form the process of marble producing and exporting. Abdul Qadir Motfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and petroleum said that the strategy would pave …

KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock following its efforts to irrigate lands in Laghman province, has irrigated 4,235 acres of lands during the next Afghan year in the province. Jamil Khoshhal, head of provincial agriculture department of Laghman province, said that one of the projects implemented is the …

KABUL: A senior U.S. government official, speaking after six days of U.S. peace talks with Afghan Taliban militants, said on Monday that Washington was committed to withdrawing foreign forces from Afghanistan to end more than 17 years of war. The official, who declined to be identified, described “significant progress” in …

By Mansoor Faizy Afghanistan has been in a whirl of unending war and unfettered turmoil since long years—almost four decades, whereas peace – or at least a state of normalcy – is a distant dream with thousands of casualties taken from ordinary Afghans and the security personnel. This war has …

Instead of going ahead with the thin but too important patch up made between the United States Special Representative Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar led Taliban team in Doha, Qatar, Pakistan made a disappointing act by halting visa services in its Mazar-i-Sharif consulate general. Kabul based Pakistan …