Afghanistan Times

UN’s Bernardino Leon says that an agreement between rival governments will be difficult as battle for Tripoli continues. Peace talks between rival Libyan political factions appeared to be on the verge of collapse as fighting for control of the capital raged on for a second day. Libya’s UN-recognised government in …

Rebels reported to be pushing south towards city of Aden where president is holed up after being forced out of power. Yemen’s Shia rebels have seized parts of the southern city of Taiz and its airport and are pushing to seize more territory across the country, Al Jazeera correspondents reported. …

Hunt begins after authorities release CCTV footage of the gunmen who killed 21 people in raid on Bardo Museum in Tunis. Tunisian security forces have begun a manhunt for a third attacker in the assault on the Bardo museum that killed 21 people, mostly foreign tourists, the president said. Beji …

AT-KABUL: Amidst criticism and slogans against violation of women’s right and what was called inhuman act, the 27-year-old Farkhunda was laid to rest in Kabul on Sunday. Farkhunda was an instructor who taught the Holy Quran for children. She was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning a copy …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s 16 new cabinet picks would be officially introduced to the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) on Monday for a vote of confidence. Humayun Zia, Abdul Bari Jehani and Asadullah Zamir have been named respectively as ministers-designate of commerce and industry, information and culture and agriculture. Gulab Mangal …

KABUL: At the head of a high-level delegation, including Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani has left for his maiden state visit to the United States, his office said on Sunday. President Barack Obama will host the Afghan leaders for lunch at the White House on Tuesday, where …

An angry mob in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed a woman and set her body alight for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran. Police and witnesses say the killing took place near the Shah-e Doh Shamshira shrine on March 19. “We were watching this incident. …

The police chief of central Uruzgan province, Matiullah Khan, was killed in a suicide bombing Wednesday evening in capital city of Kabul, officials said. Khan who was the cousin of former Uruzgan governor Mohammad Jan was killed in police distrcit six of Kabul when a suicide bomber in a women …

By Edriss Akbary-Since the government has upped the ante in peace talks with the Taliban, many Afghan gurus on regional affairs lay emphasis on specification of the agenda. Jawed Kohistani, a political pundit while speaking to Radio Azadi said that the Afghan government should consider plans for the Taliban who …

In a society where the right to know is curbed, expecting healthy changes looks to be irrational. Positive changes don’t happen on their own. To talk of change and suppression, particularly our part of the world, human rights are not only violated by militants, assassinations, intimidations by non-state actors, but …