Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that it would be up to the neighboring Pakistan to be either a friend of the people of Afghanistan or their enemy. Speaking at the presidential palace on Sunday Ghani said that this is the first time in the contemporary history that Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: Many senior government officials including President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have been assuring after the US withdrawal announcement that they would defend the current governing system against Taliban’s probable attacks. This time, Mohammad Mohaqeq, President Ghani’s senior adviser on security and political affairs, assures that both …

AT News KABUL: The Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan held a phone call on Sunday, where they pinned high hop on the upcoming Istanbul Conference that can help make the ongoing Afghan peace process “result-oriented.” During a phone conversation, Afghan FM Haneef Atmar and Pakistani FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi …

AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan journalists who have established the “House for Freedom of Expression” call on the peace negotiating sides to support the freedom of speech in their talks. The aim of establishing of thee House for Freedom of Expression is called to gather journalists under an …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German defense minister says she wants to help bring some Afghan employees of her country’s military to Germany as it prepares to leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. NATO allies including Germany are set to join the United States in pulling their remaining troops out …

AT News KABUL: Eight members of a single family were killed after unknown gunmen opened fire on them at a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said on Sunday.     The shooting happened on Saturday night, and according to the officials, the killings took place apparently over a land dispute. …

In the wake of US troop withdrawal salted for September 11, a false prospect that Taliban could overrun the country and once again establish Islamic Emirate is making the rounds. Obviously, the foreign troop pullout would make things tough with leaving Afghanistan with an uncertain future, but the Taliban should …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 105 new cases of coronavirus, and six deaths in the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry said Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the pandemic reached 57,898 cases around the country. The ministry said that the new patients cases …

AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast left two civilians dead and one more wounded in Qarabagh district of central Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Fahim Amerkhil said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon after a vehicle hit a roadside mine in the Laiq area of …

AT News KABUL: Four senior police officers of northern Balkh province were detained on charges of corruption by the Anti-Corruption forces, sources said on Sunday. The source privy to issue talking on condition of anonymity, said that the detainees included Zamari Ikramzada, deputy director of security, Syed Bashir Sadat, logistic …