Afghanistan Times

“Durand Line a national issue, not included in the agenda of peace dialogue” By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi:KABUL: Members of the High Peace Council (HPC), who were summed by Wolesi Jirga (WJ), said that they haven’t started direct peace talks with the Taliban yet. Deputy Chairman of the HPC, Hajji Din …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Kabul: The Minister of Public Works, Ferozuddin Feroz, branded the former officials of the ministry of as incompetent. Feroz told a press conference the other day that former officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) were ‘globetrotters not managers’. “They always preferred sightseeing tours to foreign …

AT-KABUL: As many as 24 women graduated from ‘peace through business’ training program conducted by Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) in collaboration with Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in Kabul. The deputy chairman of the ACCI, Khanjan Alkozai, told reporters that 24 women received 10-week training …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six militants were killed and two others wounded following a clearance operation in northeastern Kunduz province, said officials on Wednesday. Col. Mohammad Nadir, an army officer, was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, as saying that the operation was launched in a Gor Tepa area near …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of protestors on Wednesday took to the streets of the capital city Kabul and urged the government to sack a number of high-ranking officials of Kabul’s Bagrami district. The protestors were more than 300 people who started rally in Ahmad Shah Baba Mina streets at around …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terming the endemic corruption as the hurdle for development in different sectors, the president’s special representative for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, on Wednesday said that a revision of the Constitution was required to overcome the problem in Afghanistan. He told a conference in Kabul …

AT-KABUL: Amidst concerns and media buzz about Afghan government’s clandestine deal with a neighboring country for peace talks, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that national objectives would not be compromised. President Ghani attended graduation ceremony of army cadets in Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defense University. He said there were …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people were killed and 46 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicide truck-bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday. The attack took place at around 11:00am when an explosives-laden Mazda truck was rammed into the governor house in Lashkargah city, acting …

The Syrian military says it has shot down a US drone near the city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad in north-west Syria. US officials have said they lost contact with a drone but that it is unclear if it was shot down. If confirmed it would be …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has claimed a surprise victory in Israel’s election, Israeli media report. Earlier exit polls had suggested a dead heat with centre-left Zionist Union. With most votes counted, Likud is said to be on course to take 29 seats in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, …