Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Some politicians are concerned over what they claim “marginalization of government” in the bigger policies, with Ahmad Wali Massoud, head of a government’s opposition party saying that the government was not authorized to work on peace or war. He said Friday that the government of Afghanistan was kept away …

KABUL: Scores of army soldiers are thought to have been killed and dozens injured when terrorists attacked a mosque in their base in southern Khost province on Friday morning in the latest of a series of bloody strikes against civilians just in the wake of another terrorist attack on clerics. …

KABUL: The government has issued overseas travel ban on the First Vice President General Dostum who was denied boarding an aircraft by the police on Friday. He was heading to Turkey for medical treatment. Sputnik quoted sources close to Gen. Dostum as saying that he was not allowed on Friday …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hopes for peace in Afghanistan are better than they have been in many years, despite a grave humanitarian crisis and persistent violence, a senior United Nations official said Friday. The UN’s humanitarian chief in the country, Toby Lanzer, told reporters that even though some 3.6 million people …

AT-KABUL: A report by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that countrywide conflict displacements in Afghanistan is now touching over 289,867 in Afghanistan which the report says is quite concerning. The report titled OCHA’s Displacement Tracking System shows that a total of 289,867 people have …

War devastated Afghans are not only desirous for return of peace and tranquility in their motherland but they wish to see people across the world to be in peace, even to neighboring Pakistan despite it has been remain uncooperative with Afghan government in the fight against war on terror during …

Amidst expediting peace efforts on the part of US Special envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, violence acts are on rise throughout Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani in his latest statement confirmed killing of over 38,000 soldiers as a result of violent and terrorist acts during a period of three years. Whereas over …

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack as an “inhuman act”. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a crowd of the religious scholars celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) at the Uranus wedding hall. At least 55 people were killed and around 100 more wounded, …

KABUL: The parliament canceled its Wednesday session for the lack of agenda, with the lawmakers saying that the Tuesday suicide attack on religious scholars should have been discussed, but the administrative board did not make agenda. The parliament’s administrative board refused to comment on the lack of agenda for Wednesday’s …

KABUL: The US and NATO commander, General Scott Miller says he is optimistic to a political solution in the Afghan conflict. Miller said Wednesday during his visit to Ghazni province that despite preparations in fight against “militants”, Afghans and the international community expect the current efforts for peace talks give …