Afghanistan Times

Acclamation, gratification and covenants followed a momentous cease-fire declaration by diplomacy wonks; a desperate reconciliation attempt to end a grilling insurgency sprawling across the ravaged land. In fact, it was the zenith of the ‘negotiation and dialogue’ doctrine of the government which reverberated exponentially globally. The effectiveness of that truce …

AT-KABUL: The members of parliament say they would not accept the government’s peace process with the Taliban, saying it has “dark sides”, at a time that all attentions have been concentrated on the process. Parliament Speaker, Abdul RaoufEbrahimi, said Saturday that the peace process should clear and transparent, and people …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In defiance of fresh US sanctions on Iran, India says the strategic Chabahar port in southeastern Iran will be made operational by the end of next year. India’s Minister of Shipping Nitin Gadkari said on Friday the government in New Delhi was trying to operationalise the port, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 600 drugs traffickers have been arrested, 155 laboratories destroyed, 12 storage units destroyed and poppy crop on 4,865 hectares of land eradicated over the past two years. In a recent meeting with US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) officials, the Afghan ambassador …

AT-KABUL: Afghan government welcomed the statements by the two holy mosques’ imam who has said that the victims of all explosions, bombardments and suicide attacks in Afghanistan are only helpless civilians. The government said Saturday that remarks by religious scholars over the war in Afghanistan would bring the war under …

AT-KABUL: Some contradictory reports say that tens of security forces were taken hostage when Taliban fighters launched multiple attacks on their outposts in Jalriz district of Maidan Wardak province, while other reports reject it. Sharifullah Hotak, member of the provincial council, said that hundreds of Taliban militants assaulted outposts of …

By Mr. Shokrullah Amiri: SHOKRULLAH AMIRI, HEAD OF PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AT PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN’S OFFICE WRITES ON THE IMPERATIVES TO IMPROVE AFGHANISTAN-INDIA BUSINESS LINKAGES The objective here is to emphasize the imperatives to strengthen Afghanistan-India business linkages by relying on the friendly bilateral relationship, which is yet to prosper in …

AT-KABUL: At least 43 employees of a road construction company were abducted in southern Kandahar province after Taliban fighters attacked them, provincial official said Friday. The company is working on construction of Spin Boladak and Shorabak districts road and its employees have been attacked by the Taliban group in Sra …

AT-KABUL: Attended by representatives from Russia and the Central Asia Countries, including Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar participated in a security meeting on regional cooperation for counterterrorism and combating organized crime in Tashkent city. The first ever meeting security officials discussed regional security, counterterrorism, counternarcotic …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar in a visit to Uzbekistan discussed key bilateral issues, including that of economic and peace cooperation with the neighboring country’s security and political officials. In a meeting with Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, NSA Atmar thanked regional countries’ initiatives and efforts, including Tashkent …