Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: As full-fledged efforts of the government and its allies are underway to resuscitate an ailing reconciliation initiative, a handful of senators on Saturday heaped scorns on what they called the “policy of begging for peace” which would prove counterproductive, saying that stringent measures to dismantle terrorist networks were more …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan government and the United States are making systematic arrangements to prolong tenure of the current government of national unity through a Constitutional Loya Jirga. Political analysts believe that the government neither has the intention of neither holding transparent elections nor bringing peace; and that elections are engineered …

The unilateral ceasefire that lasted for 18 days ended. But anytime could be resumed. President Ashraf Ghani already said he was ready to extend the ceasefire anytime when the Taliban are ready. Offensive operations took up again on Saturday after Ghani called off truce with the Taliban. There was much …

AT-KABUL: Southern Kandahar’s Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq has claimed that he had recently participated in talks with Taliban’s Quetta Council leaders and is encouraging them to contemplate entering peace talks with the Afghan government. And according to Gen. Raziq, almost half of the Taliban leaders representing the Quetta Shura …

AT-KABUL: An international conglomerate for development assistance has lent support to the Afghan government’s continued efforts for rapprochement with the Taliban group. The members of International Contact Group (ICG) in a meeting in Azerbaijan have described truce overture of the Afghan government as a ‘bold step’ which defines commitments of …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior says that unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot and killed Azizullah Karwan, commander of Paktika province’s 01 Unit of Special Police Force in Kabul. Najib Danish Interior Ministry Spokesperson confirmed Commander Karwan was assassinated in an armed attack on Thursday evening in the third Marcroryan’s Ferdowsi …

Recently, the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan has declared its support for the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. Efforts for reaching a sustainable peace has been done by the governments for more than a decade, when the Taliban once ruling the country and toppled by a US-led international invasion, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States Senators have approved the appointment of a new commander for the US and NATO’s Resolute Support Forces in Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the 17th commander to oversee the American and NATO mission in Afghanistan, will succeed Gen. John Nicholson in that role. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABULL US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to give safe haven to terrorists. Haley, who is on a visit to New Delhi, told an Indian think tank that Pakistan has been cooperating with the United States, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The meeting of the International Contact Group on Afghanistan in Baku shows Azerbaijan’s important role in the region, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells said at a briefing in Baku on June 29. This aspect once again shows the …