Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: First Deputy Chairman of the Meshrano Jirga (Senate) Farhad Sakhi said on Tuesday that Pakistan was the main obstacle in front of direct peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban. “Pakistan does not want a peaceful Afghanistan and the country will never stop its interference in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An official of the Justice Department in eastern Nangarhar province was detained after he caught red handed while accepting 100,000 Pakistani rupees in bribe, an anti-corruption official said on Tuesday. “The arrested official had been using different pretexts to delay a legal case of a person at …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces detained a senior commander of Daesh, also known as Islamic State, in eastern Nangarhar province, Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday in a statement. The arrested Daesh commander was identified as Sefatullah S/O Agha Mohammad. The IS commander hails from Alingar district of Laghman province, the …

Two senior Taliban figures said that Pakistan issued a stark warning to the militant group, apparently surprised and angered over being excluded from the insurgents’ secret talks with the Afghan government. They said the Pakistani government warned the Taliban that unless they consult with Islamabad during the negotiations all top …

AT-KABUL: Taliban insurgents have destroyed some 300 schools in the past two months as they wage war on education, local officials said Monday. The latest attack was three days ago when Taliban burst into a girls’ school in northern Jawzjan province at night, beating up security guards and burning down …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Number of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Monday expressed deep concerns over the rifts between the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders and high ranking officials. They said that the victory on the Afghanistan’s war depended on the unity of the state leaders and officials. Legislators …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said Monday that a new security plan was under work to avoid civilian causalities, stabilize educational institutions and prevent kidnapping incidents. “The minister of interior and deputy minister of defense should answer about massacred 33 civilians in Ghor province, and killing of …

Media have a great role in development of every state because it plays a key role in reflecting truths. In Afghanistan, freedom of speech was unprecedented, and also one of the greats achievements of the country during past 15 years. It made a tremendous progress. Afghanistan has never before had …

AT-KABUL: At least 79 Taliban fighters were killed and 21 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in eastern Nangarhar province that killed and wounded a number of innocent people. He termed the terrorist attack that took place in the home of a tribal elder from Pachiragam district, an act that carried out by the enemies …