Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The National Examination Authority of Afghanistan (NEXA) on Wednesday announced the beginning of the university entrance exam or so called Conquer. A spokesman for the examination authority, Dost Mohammad Faizi said that entrance exams would be conducted in three rounds. “The first round will cover 25 provinces, …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said it has recorded another 206 new cases of coronavirus and seven patients have lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours. According to the ministry, another 180 patients have fully recovered in the same period of …

Ambassador Khalilzad says aid to Afghanistan could be cut if women’s rights aren’t upheld AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on US policy in Afghanistan where lawmakers questioned him about how Afghan women will be protected if …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan started new efforts to convince the Taliban for rejoining the peace process otherwise the Taliban may face some tough actions from Pakistan. Hamid Mir, a Pakistani journalist in his new article inscribed that top Pakistani security officials have approached Afghan Taliban leadership in Doha and …

No more militants will free form Afghan jails – a key Taliban commander was killed in Kandahar amplifying a clear message that Afghanistan is not home for the militant groups, says NDS head Zia Saraj AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has kicked off negotiations with at least 13 countries …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan women urged the government and Taliban to agree on a ten-day ceasefire and let the people enjoy Eid days in solidarity and peace. A joint statement of the Afghan women activists released by the Afghan Women Network, said that a ceasefire would result in trust-building …

AT News KABUL: At least five Afghan security forces lost their lives on the combat line as severe clashes erupted between them and the Taliban militants that also left 20 Taliban rebels killed and ten others were wounded. Provincial Governor, Sayed Wahid Qatali said that the Taliban staged attacks on …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces conducted raids against the Taliban in the central province of Ghazni, killing at least 17 Taliban insurgents and 12 others were wounded, the defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the security forces supported by the Afghan Air …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: U.S. lawmakers worried about the impending withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan got a dose of cautious optimism from the diplomat who helped negotiate last year’s deal with the Taliban that paved the way for the upcoming pullout. Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States’ special representative for Afghanistan …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has admitted that a civil war or Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is ‘certainly a possible scenario’ when the US withdraws all its troops from the country by September 11. Blinken told CNN’s Jake Tapper the Biden administration is “planning …