Afghanistan Times

AT-JALALABAD:  Community leaders must coordinate their efforts to protect and provide support to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict, said participants during a UN-backed symposium on human rights in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday. Organized by UNAMA’s regional office in Jalalabad, the event drew government officials, civil society …

The Doha Qatar based Afghan Taliban who are in opposition to sitting government and political process in motherland have reportedly refused to shake hand with their own countrymen in US brokered peace talks to be commenced in Riyadh Saudi Arabia on January 13. The Riyadh Saudi Arabia talks are stated …

AT-KABUL: Two Afghan border security forces on Wednesday opened fire on NATO Resolute Support Mission Advisors at the military based in western Herat province, officials said. No RS members injured in the incident, ‘what it calls as insider attack’, while one Afghan border force killed and another detained alive, said …

Mismanagement of presidential elections unacceptable | UN panel KABUL: In the aftermath of the government’s temporarily postponing the April presidential elections and in the face of public trust levels at the lowest ebbs, the U.S. Ambassador to Kabul John R. Bass has hit out at Afghanistan’s election bodies for being …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) on Tuesday warned that all bathhouses, restaurants, bakeries and buildings which cause air pollution will be fine or shut down, if they not set filter system within a week. Deputy of NEPA Eng Ezatullah Seddiqi warned that his office will fine or …

KABUL: Twenty nine people have been sentenced by Afghanistan’s counternarcotics courts to prison after being convicted of drug trafficking charges over the past week, officials said. The CJTF – Criminal Justice Task Force – said on Tuesday that 29 convicted drug felons will spend at least 1½ years to 17 …

Kabul: Taliban militants killed at least 21 security forces in separate attacks on security checkpoints in northern Sar-e-Pul province on Monday, officials said on Tuesday, as clashes reportedly continued in suburban areas. Sar-e-Pul Governor Spokesman Zabihullah Amani said that Taliban massively attacked check points in Sayad district, Qashqari and number …

Leaders and policy makers of opposition Taliban are now staying in Tehran, Iran, in connection with talks and debates regarding ongoing peace efforts aimed at pulling Afghanistan and its people out of over four decades state of war and hostilities. The talks seem to be continuation of recently US brokered …

AT-KABUL: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed all eight direct qualifiers for the Super 12s stage of the ICC ‘World T20 2020’ scheduled to be held in Australia. After beating Bangladesh 3-0 in June 2018, Afghanistan climbed to the 8th position in the ICC rankings and was able …

China has advised the United States against staging an abrupt troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and called for collective international efforts to help initiate a peace process between the South Asian nation’s warring parties. The remarks by a top Chinese diplomat Sunday in neighboring Pakistan come amid unconfirmed media reports suggesting …