Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Saudi Arabia will host next week an international conference to support peace efforts in Afghanistan. The “International Conference of Muslim Scholars on Peace and Stability in the Republic of Afghanistan” will be held in Jeddah and Makkah on July 10 and 11 July respectively. The conference will …

A major challenge for the Afghan peace process will be successfully reintegrating of Taliban members, who are taking command from their leaders sitting abroad. It’s a fact when combatants of a group shun fighting, it could derail prospects from fighting with the immediate end of conflict. The High Peace Council …

The presidential special guard convoy hit a young girl during President Ashraf Ghani’s Monday visit to the eastern province of Laghman. Salma, 13, was selling yogurt in Mehterlam city, the provincial capital when she was hit by the president’s over-speed convoy. Her relatives have said that she was the only …

AT-KABUL: According to police officials in northern Balkh province, fierce heavy clashes have erupted between the Taliban and government forces in Chamtal district – where unrest has escalated over the past months. This happens while four villages of Chamtal district have, according to a senior provincial official, fallen to the …

AT-KABUL: The Army says it has captured some 21 irresponsible gunmen in a military operation carried out in Faryab province by Special Forces, as violent protests over the arrest of a local commander loyal to Gen. Dostum are spiraling out of control in the northern region. The 209 Shaheen Corps …

AT-KABUL: Amid the government institutions’ claims in regard with readiness of the Taliban to participate in peace parleys, the militant faction on Friday said that it has no inclination to indulge in peace talks with the Afghan apparatus and that any claim to indicate otherwise was a deceit and bogus. …

By Liu Jinsong, Chinese Ambassador to Kabul-On 4 July, H.E. Mr. Shahzad Aryobee, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, and I hosted a reception for H.E. Mr. Zhao Houlin, Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). I used to host many receptions in the Embassy, but this is the …

AT-KABUL: The Army says it has captured some 21 irresponsible gunmen in a military operation carried out in Faryab province by Special Forces, as violent protests over the arrest of a local commander loyal to Gen. Dostum are spiraling out of control in the northern region. The 209 Shaheen Corps …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission says the shortage of commissioners in the provinces was a big challenge as the president rejected the list of commissioner candidates presented by the commission. The commission says it has received 200 complaints since the release of the parliament candidates’ initial list. Gholam Dastgir …

A rally turned into violent in Maimana city, provincial capital of northern Faryab province. Extremely distraught over detention of Nizamuddin Qaisari, a close ally of Fist Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum and police chief of Qaisar district, a large number of his supporters took out to the streets, demanding …