Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The dead bodies of three people, two men and one woman were founded in the western Herat province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Abdulahad Walizada said that the bodies found in Kamakhulagh are in the north of the capital city of Herat. The victims were shot dead, he added. …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: With a “golden opportunity” for peace there which must be seized, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the stakes are “very high” in Afghan peace process. “The stakes are very high. If there’s progress, there can be peace, there can be stability, and the region …

India has set an unwelcomed world record for the number of new COVID-19 cases in which as per to Sunday a further 349,691 cases were emerged while 2,767 people lost their lives. Its capital city, New Delhi has been reported as the worst hit area. Based on reports, the city …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 172 new cases of coronavirus and 10 deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 59,015 cases across the country. The new cases were …

AT News KABUL: A number of civil rights activists and other residents in the southern province of Helmand on Sunday launched a campaign on peace titled “what does war mean when foreigners leave?” The campaign is called “public”, with Eqbal Khyber, the head of public movement for peace, saying that …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of defense assures that there would be no security vacuum once the US-led foreign soldiers exit in some four months. The Western media outlets report of packing and transporting of foreign military equipment as the first steps of troop pullout from Afghanistan after 20 years …

AT News KABUL: Intelligence Chief, Ahmad Zia Saraj says that a major vacuum has been created in the Taliban leadership as the group is fractured between Quetta and Peshawar shuras (councils). Speaking at a news conference on Saturday in Kabul, the Afghan security and defense officials briefed the media about …

AT News KABUL: At least 63 Taliban militants were killed and 20 others wounded during the latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday. The Afghan security forces supported by Afghan Air Forces conducted operation in …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Al-Qaeda continues to pose a threat to remaining US personnel in Afghanistan through their interaction with the Taliban, the US Department of Defense said in a report to Congress entitled “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan.” “AQ [al-Qaeda]’s regional affiliate, AQIS [al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent] …

AT News KABUL: Six members of the Afghan security forces lost their lives in the roadside bomb blasts in eastern Nangarhar and southeastern Logar provinces, security officials said on Saturday. Logar Police spokesman, Gul Haidar Ahmadi said that a bomb went off Saturday morning in Kunjak area of provincial capital …