Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Tribal elders in eastern Nangarhar province—where Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh terrorist have been making all out efforts to gain foothold, has set five-day deadline for the government to recover the missing TV journalist, or they would stage protest in front of government offices with threatening to …

AT-KANDAHAR CITY: At least four Afghan soldiers embraced martyrdom after foreign forces carried out airstrike in Chinarto district of central Uruzgan province, officials said Friday. Faiz Mohammad, Chinarto district chief told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants had recently started some destructive activities in the district and a day early, the rebels …

US Special envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad in connection with his assignments of brokering peace and reconciliation agreement in Afghanistan has concluded his three days trip to Pakistan, arrived Afghanistan, and departs to Russia to peace quest. Soon after his departure from Islamabad, government officials through a statement informed that Khalilzad …

By Ahmad Shah Katawazai-U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is once again in Pakistan, trying to convince Islamabad for halting its support to the insurgent group. Khalilzad trip begins after Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan has received a letter from the U.S. president Donald Trump, asking Pakistan’s help …

AT-KABUL: Members of parliament say the security situation was as worrying as government has only control on the centers of provinces and districts. The legislators said in the parliament’s Wednesday session more districts in the provinces of Zabul, Ghazni and some others were under Taliban control and government forces had …

AT-KABUL: Foreign Ministers of the countries contributing at the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan reaffirmed their countries’ “steadfast commitment” to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan. The diplomats who gathered in Brussels on Wednesday, called on Taliban to say ‘YES’ to Afghan government’s peace offer and join the peace …

AT-KABUL: A US Army General claims that Pakistan is not honest with the peace program of its neighboring country Afghanistan. General Kenneth McKenzie has said it had been clear for Washington for many years that Islamabad did nothing practically to help the peace process in Afghanistan. McKenzie told Senate’s defense …

AT-KABUL: While observing the International Day for the Elimination Violence against Women, President Ashraf Ghani said that violence against women is a crime, and will not be tolerated at any level. “While growing up in pre-war Afghanistan, violence against women was an unknown phenomenon to us. Unfortunately, it has become …

Amidst presence of US Special envoy to Afghanistan Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad and courtesy call on its country’s Prime Minister, the NATO Secretary General Mr. Jens Stoltenberg backed the peace efforts aimed at a negotiated resolution to long standing Afghan conflict. Speaking ahead of a two-day NATO foreign ministerial …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai wants US-Russia-plus regional powers inclusion in ongoing US mission to fix peace conundrum in the country, and has expressed his fully support to the process leads by Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation. Taking on the 90th birth anniversary of Dr. …