Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces freed four captives from the Taliban custody in the northern province of Kunduz, defense ministry said. A spokesman for the ministry, Fawad Aman said that the Afghan commando forces carried out a raid on Taliban’s captivity in Qoshtapa area of provincial capital, in …
Read More »Intra-Afghan talks to resume in coming days in Doha
AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan peace negotiating team has announced the restart of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, the capital city of Qatar for today (Tuesday). Nader Naderi, the Afghan negotiating team member, said that peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are scheduled to …
Read More »Karzai urges Kabul, Taliban to bring peace negotiations out of ‘foreigner projects’
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the Afghan government and Taliban to bring the peace negotiations out of “foreigners’ project” and change it to a national process. He also called on both sides to choose the venue of peace negotiations in one of the Afghan provinces. Former …
Read More »No party can win Afghan war, say MPs
AT News KABUL: A number of members of parliament express concern over continued violence, saying that neither the government nor Taliban could win the ongoing war. Ahmad Javid Jaihoon, a member of parliament, called on the Taliban to agree on cease fire and put an end to the long war. …
Read More »Islamabad suspends Afghan flights by 80 per cent
AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government suspended 80 percent flights from Afghanistan in a bid to prevent the spread of the pandemic Covid-19. But the Afghan Aviation Authority accused Islamabad of violating bilateral agreement signed between the two countries. Mohammad Naeem Salehi, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority …
Read More »Pakistani, Uzbek goods trade via Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan is to be a business hub between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, a move hailed as a milestone for regional economy development. Islamabad and Tashkent have so far exchanged some goods through Afghanistan. A Pakistani cargo truck transported medicine from the port city of Karachi on April …
Read More »UK speeds up granting asylum to Afghan interpreters, families as insecurity rising
AT News KABUL: The UK is speeding up granting asylums to the thousands of Afghans who worked for the British military-mostly interpreters as fears grow of possible dangerous outcomes of post-international force exit. UK Secretary of Defense, Ben Wallace said that it was “only right” to accelerate such plans …
Read More »Security Forces retreated two outposts in Wardak
AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels overran two security outposts in Sayedabad district of central Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Provincial Governor Abdul Rahman Tariq confirmed that the security forces retreated from the outposts after the Taliban staged attacks from various directions. The weapons and ammunition of the …
Read More »Pakistan invites Afghan FM for official visit
AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government invited Afghan foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar to visit Islamabad amid cold relation between the two neighboring countries. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the invitation offered in a telephonic conversation by the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan to Minister …
Read More »Notice: Afghanistan Times Daily
KABUL: Afghanistan Times has noticed a YouTube Channel that has been publishing false and fake news. The Channel quoted a fake headline falsified and a screenshot copy of the Afghanistan Times webpage. Afghanistan Times clarify and notify its readers and media outlets that we have never published such fake and …
Read More »