Afghanistan Times

AT-Colombo: Former President Hamid Karzai attends the opening ceremony of the Fifth Annual Defense Seminar of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Tuesday morning. Karzai while delivering speech at the ceremony said that terrorist groups today are called as non-state actors who are using of this …

Contrary to the latest Pakistani claim that the Haqqani network no longer exits inside its territory, the Pentagon on Monday said terrorist safe havens in that country undermined the stability of Afghanistan. “We have expressed our deep concern to the government of Pakistan about terrorist sanctuaries inside its border that …

India’s ambassador to Afghanistan has rejected media reports that his government is heading for a strategic shift in relations with Kabul. Ambassador Amar Sinha says New Delhi is not revising its strategic partnership with Kabul and its foreign minister is not skipping a regional summit in Kabul this week to …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Civic Movement of Social Justice (CMSJ) on Monday lashed at the government for delaying the distribution process of national electronic ID. The movement called on the government to kick off the process as soon as possible. Member of CMSJ Ahmad Zaki while expressing concerns said the government …

For Pakistan, Afghanistan is a gadfly. For Afghanistan, Pakistan is a terrorist camp. For the United States both are allies in the international war on terror. But how the US treats the two is part of our contemporary history. When the one commits atrocities and kills Americans in Afghanistan it …

AT-KABUL: As many as 126 schoolgirls, teachers and kindergarten kids on Monday mysteriously fell sick in the city of Herat prompting officials to probe whether they were poisoned by the Taliban insurgents. They were rushed to a nearby hospital. In the past such incidents have already been occurred while the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested 30 people in connection with devastating terror attacks in Kabul. A press statement issued by the NDS said that the operatives of the spy agency arrested 30 militants of Haqqani network, who were allegedly involved in recent suicide truck blast in Shah …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL:  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the Sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conferences for Afghanistan (RECCA VI) would be different from the previous ones. Spokesman of the MoFA, Ahmad Shekib Mustaghni, in interview with Afghanistan Times said that the difference of the RECCA VI conference with …

Afghanistan U-19 beat UAE U-19 by 10 wickets in the Asian Premiere League. United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat first. United Arab Emirates could not resist well against the Afghan bowling attack and got all out after scoring 88 runs. Tariq Khan got 5 wickets while …

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, has urged the government to continue peace talks with the rebel Taliban. He also pledged further German aid to the country. Speaking after his arrival on Sunday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Steinmeier said his trip came during a …