Afghanistan Times

By Lawrence Sellin—Retired Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve: Regarding a new strategy for Afghanistan, even Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States says that a tougher approach needs to be adopted toward his country: The Bush administration gave Pakistan $12.4 billion in aid, and the Obama administration forked over $21 billion. …

By Ezzatullah Mehrdad-An Afghan woman is taught not to live behind walls of her family’s compound. She is supposed to be a good girl and stay with her mom. Later in her life, she should get married and please her husband. After giving birth to children, she has no other …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Relations between Afghanistan and China have been warm and friendly during every period of time. The relationship goes back to the history of Silk Road which has thousands years history. China has been engaged in peaceful and non-aggressive policies in the globe, particularly in regard to Afghanistan. …

For many, coalition is a very much new word, to be clearer it’s a western word which Afghans are not much familiar with it. But since once talk about Loya Jirga, everyone even the Afghan children are understand the meaning, taking it as a precious word in resolving any sort …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan government has been sent the case of senior commander of the notorious Haqqani network to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Kabul based research group said. Ehsan Qane of Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), said the Anas Haqqani is one among the 16 cases of war …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Kunduz-Baghlan highway has been reopened to traffic on Friday after being closed for last four days as a result of clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban militants, local authorities told ToloNews. Along the highway, the Taliban militants were installed check posts in the premise …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four university students have been killed and one other received injuries as a result of clash between security forces and the Taliban insurgents in western Faryab province, local official said on Friday. Abdul Massomi, administrative chief for Khwaja Sabzposh district, said the students came under …

Started by junior Bush in his first presidential term, continued in the two terms of Barack Obama and took 16 years to enter into the third American administration; the WoT is longest ever  and costly war of American history and its yet to be fought for how more uncertain years. …

Hassan Rouhani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran recently criticized of the creation of water dams on the Afghan rivers, saying that Tehran would not remain silent in this regard. Rouhani at a conference held in Tehran and in which, the representatives from 34 countries including Afghanistan were …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Leader of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Thursday said that they support stability, not the National Unity Government (NUG) or any involved party within the government. Speaking at a press conference here in Kabul, Hekmatyar said “we want peace and stability in the country, and …