Afghanistan Times

NEW DELHI: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said peace was Afghanistan’s significant goal since the shadow of terrorism haunted Afghan children and women. “Terror must be confronted and must be overcome,” he said while speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the media after a meeting with him here. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan, said that the party will resist against changes to the original map of Gawadar-Kashgar economic corridor. Talking after a party meeting, the prominent Pashtun nationalist leader said that his party will spare no efforts to prevent the Pakistani …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai said that foreign forces in Afghanistan have failed to bring peace to the war-hit country. In an interview with Trend News Agency in Azerbaijan, Hamid Karzai said that through NATO during its mission in Afghanistan wanted to help Afghan, failed to bring stability …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of MPs and analysts have said that membership of Afghanistan in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is vital for fixing the country’s economy on condition that the government succeeds to receive full membership of the organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday said that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mohammad Ismail Khan, the former minister of energy and water and a prominent Jihadi leader has warned that insecurity will increase unprecedentedly in western Herat province within upcoming 20 days due to inattention government leaders on security situation countrywide. Ismail Khan expressed the remarks at a session …

The Indo-Afghan partnership has blossomed despite barriers caused by geography and political hurdles, says Narendra Modi AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hinting at the importance of Afghanistan and India relations, President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that the two countries are bound by a thousand ties and millions of memories. President Ghani …

AT-KABUL: At least 52 people have been killed in a devastating landslide in northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday. Shah Waliullah Adeeb, the governor of Badakhshan province, said the landslide in Khwahan district of the province. He added that the way to the landslide hit area was covered with snow and …

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala warns that number of people confirmed dead could soar as remote villages are reached. Nepal’s prime minister has warned that the number of people killed in the country’s worst earthquake in decades could reach 10,000. Sushil Koirala’s comment on Tuesday came as rescuers in Nepal were …

KABUL: India is expected to sign a treaty with Afghanistan on sharing intelligence and cooperation against crimes during President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden trip to the country later this month. Indiatimes.com reported on Monday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Afghanistan during President …

KABUL: Four Taliban commanders, who ordered beheading of Afghan soldiers in Juram district of northeastern Badakhshan, had been killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Monday. In total 27 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed, including eight who were beheaded after being captured, during a massive attack on …