Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Taliban threats have displaced nearly 3,000 families in tumultuous Daikundi province in the past week alone, local officials said on Monday, adding to woes of civilians across Afghanistan, bearing the brunt of an unabated conflict. Over 2,000 families have fled the fighting and taken refuge in capital …

Since the US announced its complete September withdrawal plan, a big question has remained: what awaits Afghanistan and the region because the security situation has worsened. To understand the gravity of the crisis, we need to have a deep discussion about why the 20 years military approach has failed and …

AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: The EU Commission is allocating €25 million in humanitarian funding from its Solidarity Emergency Aid Reserve to fight hunger in Afghanistan. Urgent actions to save lives and livelihoods are required due to a drought that is currently affecting Afghanistan, leaving at least 11 million people in …

AT News KABUL: Lawmakers in the Parliament have criticized the government for the fall of a constellation of district centers to the Taliban across Afghanistan, calling it ‘suspicious’. Referring to the US-Afghanistan security pact, a number of lawmakers on Monday said that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was “irresponsible”. They …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured 14 districts centers from Taliban militants across the country, said the Interior Ministry on Monday. The ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Aryan said that the security forces have constant military presence in different parts of the country, He added the centers of some …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the regional powers to pay serious attention to the situation in Afghanistan, saying that the country was in a critical situation. Karzai cited the remarks in an online conference hosted by the Xinhua University of China at the World Peace Forum …

My view is that there was no terrorism in Afghanistan, and no extremism in Afghanistan, Former President Hamid Karzai told The Hindu. As the U.S. quickens the pace of its troops pull out, and talks in Doha hit an impasse, Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who is still seen as a …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan government is seeking to forge a new government in alliance with Taliban and other stakeholders, said president’s security advisor on Monday – a power-sharing move that could assuage growing fears about resurgence of the militants. Hamdullah Mohib, security adviser to President Ghani, has said that Kabul …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia is concerned about the developments in Afghanistan’s border regions after the withdrawal of US troops from there, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Of course, after the Americans and their allies pull out of Afghanistan, the situation in that country is a matter of …

AT News KABUL: More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have deserted their posts in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, entering the neighboring Tajikistan, Tajik officials said, as battle with the Taliban militants is unprecedentedly intensifying in the mountainous province which is bordering Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. Taliban fighters have gained more …