Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai talked to Pakistan Prime Minister Irman Khan on a phone call. They discussed the ongoing peace efforts in Afghanistan as well as good friendly ties between Kabul and Islamabad. Khan invited Karzai to visit Pakistan and the latter thanked for the invitation and …

AT News KABUL: As the Taliban are pushing deep into Afghanistan, U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that Washington and its allies will never recognize or assist a Taliban government that takes power by force. US envoy said there was no ultimate military solution for Afghanistan conflict and that there …

Commentary KABUL: The Islamabad Policy Research Institute released an incorrect map of Afghanistan that eliminated a huge part of northeastern Badakhshan province. The map highlights the areas controlled by the Taliban. According to the post, roughly 19% of the districts have been attributed to be under control of Taliban at …

AT News KABUL: Russia has warned that internal situation rapidly deteriorates in Afghanistan amid the hasty withdrawal of US and Nato troops from the war- buttered country. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said in a conference on Central, and South Asia, opportunities and challenges that the situation rapidly deteriorates in …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health recorded 1,122 new coronavirus cases and 49 deaths across the country within the past 24 hours. The new cases were reported positive out of 3,226 suspected samples tested in different laboratories during the same period of time. According to the Health Ministry, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey’s support to friendly and brotherly Afghanistan will continue, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated. Çavuşoğlu met this remark during meeting with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and foreign minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Çavuşoğlu stated that he discussed efforts for …

With the Spirit of Their Historical Bond and Brotherhood By Cihad Erginay, Ambassador of Turkey in Afghanistan This week, Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that was orchestrated by Fethullah Gülen and his terrorist group (FETÖ). The assault on Turkey’s democratic institutions resulted in …

AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government called regional countries, particularly to cooperate in “closing shelters and ceasing funding sources” to the Taliban. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussed the regional cooperation …

AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban for killing a group of Afghan commandos after they surrendered in Faryab province last month. Following the release of a video by CNN of Taliban firing at a group of 22 army commandos in Faryab in June, Amnesty International called it …