Afghanistan Times

 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 …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday disclosed the 3rd list comprised of 16 accused criminals and asked them to refer to police within 48 hours. The 3rd list in which enlisted the name of 16 persons accused of having illegal arms, grabbing lands and some other crimes, said a …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Monday’s terrorist attack on an intelligence training center in Wardak province, calling any type of violence by war sides “tyranny against the people of Afghanistan and serving for aliens”. A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle loaded with explosives at the entrance of the …

AT-KABUL: Some then officials of Taliban call on President Ghani’s government to be ready for every sacrifice to strengthen peace including an interim administration. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as Taliban’s Ambassador to Islamabad during Taliban regime, told the Kabul News Tuesday that the insurgents were yet to talk …

AT-KABUL: Political analysts accuse the security and reconnaissance entities of neglect in Monday’s attack on an intelligence training center in Wardak province. They say security organs should be prepared for foiling such attacks, adding that the repeated attacks show that security bodies neglect. The interior ministry says it was investigating …