Afghanistan Times

AT News Report-KABUL: Police officials have brushed away speculations that a mass grave has been discovered in capital Kabul, alleviating the panic among residents. Recent speculations circulating on social media regarding discovery of a mass grave in capital Kabul are fabricated lies, said officials at the Criminal Investigation Department. Such …

AT News Report-KABUL: Addressing a gathering marking the 26th victory Day of Mujahidin,President Ghani on Saturday reiterated call on the Taliban to join peace talks. The president emphasized that most of the Taliban, except a fraction of them, were against fighting. Ghani called on the Taliban to accept his unconditional …

AT News Report-KABUL: Top defense officials have announced that Afghan forces used drones to detect and subdue Taliban’s spring fighting tactics in four zones of the country. The defense ministry spokesperson said drones provide a great counter-balance measure against the Taliban and give defense forces necessary information about its tactics. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The recent peace offer to the Taliban has been fully backed by the NATO member countries, terming it unprecedented opportunity to end the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan—taking huge toll on civilians. President Ashraf Ghani has offered unparalleled peace offer to the Taliban in order to bring a …

Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to travel to China for a summit with President Xi Jinping, Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai called for India to discuss terror issues with China, as well as Russia, if the U.S. is unable to stem terror attacks from Pakistan. “Once [India-China] ties are …

TEHRAN: Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s SNSC, and Guo Shengkun, the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China, agreed that US is after inflicting damage on Iran, China, and Russia and the three should adopt joint strategies in response. “We take the …

By Pashtana Durrani-Afghanistan Business Council China “AFGBCC and Afghanistan Pine Nuts Union, as well as the Afghanistan Times, have taken the initiative while launching a weekly lectureship series on the economy, strategic communication and trade and transactions. The initial lecture was delivered on the book, “The Silk Roads written by …

Despite impulsions and compulsions of the unruly Taliban and the wicked Daesh and their obdurate sponsors, under any circumstances will Afghanistan’s grand plans relegate. Afghanistan is staging a landmark election campaign and the plans to stage the grand democratic transfer of power will never falter with these trifling occurrences. Meanwhile, …

By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA-As the country is grinding at war with international terrorists organizations since last one and half decade, Afghanistan government is yet to come up with a war strategy directed at types, styles and tactics used by these terrorists. Though the present army and police forces are relatively …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has hailed Turkmenistan and China for their cooperation offers in the Afghan-led peace process. The two neighboring countries have said they would prepare facilities of talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban militants, though remaining impartial in the process. China and Turkmenistan are feeling …