Afghanistan Times

Afghan women seek role in peace process KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) assured the citizens that there would be no talks with the Taliban on reversal of gains, made in the past over thirteen years. Secretary to the HPC, Masom Stanikzai, said the result of the reconciliation process would …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Wednesday decided to draft a security strategy for the government amid growing security concerns. Speaker of the Wolsei Jirga directed the committees of international relations, defense and internal security to work on the security mechanism. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said the strategy would …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-In Afghanistan many people live below the poverty line and a huge portion of the population barely meets daily needs with what they earn. Access to education and healthcare services has become a dream for many. Public health sector infrastructure has failed to meet demands of the …

ANTALYA, Turkey – NATO will keep some troops in Afghanistan even after its current training mission ends around the end of next year, the alliance said on Wednesday, in a signal of support for Afghan security forces struggling to repel a Taliban offensive. Afghan government forces, now largely without foreign …

AT-KABUL: Six people have been killed in a gunfight between Afghan police and heavily armed militants holed up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday. Attack took place in Lashkargah city, capital of southern Helmand province in a while when there was a weekly meeting of …

At least 43 people have been killed and 20 injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say. A police official said six gunmen on motorcycles stopped the bus and fired indiscriminately at passengers. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif …

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea has publicly executed the country’s defense minister after the regime accused him of treason, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Hyon Yong Chol was killed by firing squad using an anti-aircraft gun at a military school in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang …

Dozens dead as magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes near Everest base camp, two weeks after a quake killed more than 8,000. A deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck Nepal and sent aftershocks through neighbouring India, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people in the Himalayan nation. At …

Unclear if two sides honouring ceasefire, which began shortly after arms-depot blasts near Sanaa killed at least 69. A five-day humanitarian ceasefire has begun in Yemen, just hours after Arab coalition fighter jets struck against Houthi fighters and their allies. It was not immediately clear if the two sides were …

Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated their resolve to work together to restore peace. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in Kabul where he held a joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani. The Afghan President said the war is being imposed on both Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also said …