Afghanistan Times

We will witness resumption of serious peace talks soon I call on both sides to cease their fighting, especially the Taliban Both sides should stand firm and forge ahead for a lasting peace By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is projecting optimism that serious negotiations will start between …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and chairman of reconciliation council, Abdullah Abdullah are to depart to Qatar on Friday to meet Taliban leaders based in the Persian Gulf Arab state. The meeting was expected to take place last month, but postponed as Abdullah accompanied President Ghani in his …

AT News KABUL: Russia says that the United States is attempting to establish military bases in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, said Tuesday that Washington has not yet left Afghanistan, adding that it still interferes and launches airstrikes inside the country. He said that the United States …

AT News KABUL: The government says that it had recaptured Keran-o-Menjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province. The ministry of defense said in a statement on Tuesday that at least 32 Taliban fighters were killed and 14 others wounded in operations conducted by the Afghan security force in northern the province. …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s conflict will be dominating the agenda of talks at Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers’ summit on Tuesday and Wednesday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have left for Tajikistan to attend the SCO Foreign Ministries summit where the …

AT News KABUL: Taliban warned Turkey on Tuesday against its plans to provide security for Kabul airport after US-led foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, warning Ankara of “dire consequences”. In a statement on Tuesday, Taliban opposed the presence of Turkish forces in Afghanistan. “Turkish officials had decided, with the …

AT News KABUL: Fighting inside Ghazni city has intensified, local sources said on Monday, as Afghan security forces are putting up fierce resistance against the Taliban who are pushing with a heavy offensive across the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni province. The Taliban are using people and homes as shields. …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting for his successor Ashraf Ghani discussed the current situation of the country and the ongoing peace process. Karzai hoped that government officials be aware a foreign plot that iis going on against the country and people and take practical steps …

AT News KABUL: Taliban have captured Wakhan, a key district of northern Badakhshan province bordering China’s Xinjiang province, officials said on Monday. Provincial council members were cited by Sputnik as saying that Wakhan has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have closed in on the zero point on frontiers with …

AT News KABUL: Wahid Omar, an adviser to President Ghani claims that Taliban militants still hold strong relationship with the al-Qaeda terrorist network and jointly attack on government institutions. “This is a relationship between two bodies who believe violence, believe terrorism and believe killing of people. This relation is as …