Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following US efforts to bring a negotiated settlement to the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the Russia—a state who his various of issues with US, has said to hold a grand meeting on Afghanistan peace at the end of October. Moscow’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Affairs, Zamir Kabulov …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Returning from his Middle East tour, US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with President Ghani Saturday morning and briefed him on the outcomes of his roster of meetings with Arab and Pakistani leaders on peace quest. Khalilzad reiterated US stout commitment to Afghan peace …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amid a fierce fighting in Afghanistan, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan hailed success on the battlefield by Afghan forces against terrorists and insisted that President Trump’s strategy must be given a chance to succeed in drawing the insurgents to the negotiations table and, …

The ingeniously established Pakhtoon Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) is ahead with hard days as Pakistani organs initiated acts and actions against its leading members. At least nine of its leading members from Swabi have been arrested on the charges of arranging a rally without permission on August 10 last and using …

AT News Report-A blast as a result of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) have killed five civilians who were attending a wedding party in Afghanistan’s central Logar province—a tool the insurgent groups use against Afghan and foreign forces that unfortunately almost leads to civilian casualty. The provincial police chief spokesman, Shahpoor …

AT monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang assured Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah of China’s lasting support to counter terrorism and speed up reconstruction in the country. At a meeting with Dr. Abdullah in Dushanbe, Prime Minister Li Keqiang reiterated China’s all-weather commitment to Afghanistan in train Afghan personnel. He …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An accord for building high voltage power line to carry electricity from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan has been signed and supply to the national grid will increase by 600 megawatts, according to reports. Afghanistan signed a project implementation agreement with Turkmenistan on Friday to build Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power …

On a single day, terrorists attacked on security forces in both sides of Durand Line, causing lives to around three dozens and injuries to scores of others. In Northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the militants attacked a security check post, killing at least 25 personnel of security forces defending the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban have reinstated a security guarantee in Afghanistan for the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), two months after withdrawing safe passage for the neutral humanitarian agency, the militant group and an ICRC official said on Friday. According to Reuters, a meeting in the Taliban’s Qatar-based …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In his visit to Doha, the capital city of Qatar, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan’s Reconciliation, Zalamy Khalilzad on Friday held meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in which both sides shed light over important issues …