Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Former Jihadi leader, Ismail Khan said that the Afghans would welcome a meaningful peace process that could end the ongoing violence in the country. He cited the remarks in a gathering held to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of Herati Mujahideens, calling on the Taliban to engage in …
Read More »COVID-19: 139 new cases, five deaths reported in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 139 new cases of coronavirus and five deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached 58,037 cases across the country. According to the ministry, the …
Read More »Clashes in Ghazni displace 1,000 families
AT News KABUL: Intensive clashes between Taliban and government forces in Ghazni province have forced 1,000 families to flee their villages, officials confirm. The incident took place in the Qara Bagh district where Taliban carried out massive attack on the district center, provincial officials said Monday. Wahed Jomazada, provincial spokesman, …
Read More »39 civilians killed in five days of deadly violence
AT News KABUL: At least 39 civilians were killed and another 40 injured in last week’s five days of violence across the country, said the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. In a statement released on Monday the commission said that women and children included the dead and injured that took …
Read More »Carpet exports drop 90pc due to air-corridor closures
AT News KABUL: The exports of the Afghan carpets have dropped by 90 percent due to closure of the air-corridor system that transports the Afghan stocks and goods to China and European countries. Chief executive officer of the chamber of commerce and industry, Shafiqullah Attaye said that air-corridor was halted …
Read More »Trump lauds Biden for withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former President Donald Trump has praised President Joe Biden’s plan to withdraw all remaining US troops from Afghanistan as a “wonderful and positive thing to do,” drawing criticism from some Republicans. Biden on Wednesday formally announced that he planned to withdraw all troops stationed in Afghanistan by …
Read More »Top Biden aide says no guarantees about Afghanistan’s post-pullout future
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: No one can say with any certainty what will happen in Afghanistan once U.S. President Joe Biden withdraws the remaining 2,500 to 3,500 U.S. troops by September 11 to end the country’s longest war, a top White House official said Sunday. “I can’t make any guarantees …
Read More »26 Taliban militants killed in fresh military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban rebels were killed and 20 others wounded during latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. The Afghan Air Forces targeted Taliban gathering in Imam Sahib district of northern …
Read More »Secure, stable Afghanistan is a priority: Iran
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Iranian foreign ministry announced on Monday that the country continues the policy of paving the ground for talks among different Afghan groups to attain sustainable peace and security in Afghanistan. “Fully secure and stable Afghanistan is a high priority to us. Peace talks should be …
Read More »Editorial: Brace the new reality
The Afghan leaders and the Afghan people have to realize and own the current uncertainty where even the US, its most reliable partner who supported the country for the last 20 years, is no more sure what awaits for Afghanistan in the future. Surely, no one can say with any …
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