Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Political figure Latif Pedram claims that chairman of the national reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah was not present at some important meetings and making decisions in the Moscow session held in March to discuss Afghan peace. The session was held some 20 days ago in the Russian capital …

AT News KABUL: The traders and truck drivers whose vehicles were destroyed due to a great fire in the Islam Qala port in the west in February, blocked the important Herat highway to protest government’s carelessness to their situation. The protestors want government compensation. Mohammad Hassan, whose tanker was destroyed, …

Three members of Afghan security forces were killed and 12 more wounded after a Taliban car bomber targeted their convoy in Paghman AT News KABUL: Over 15 people were killed and wounded as a car bomb rips western part of Kabul province for the first time in the past five …

AT News KABUL: Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh urges a just peace in the country, warning that another war would emerge if it was not ensured. “We believe that if a just peace is not ensured, it will not be lasting and will lead to another war by another shape,” …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Sunday said that the Afghan security forces have freed an area in Darwaz area in Nasye district in northern Badakhshan province after three years under control of the Taliban. The ministry in a statement said that the Afghan security forces supported by air …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan Post has inaugurated the online postal service system for the government administration. Talking in the inauguration ceremony of the online system, director of the Afghan Post, Ahmad Wahid Wais said that the service would initially come into effect by the ministry of foreign affairs. The …

3.7 million Afghan children are out of school across Afghanistan AT News KABUL: More than 3,000 students at one of the schools located in PD 7th of Kabul city are lacking classrooms and are left with no other option but to study under the hot waves of sun. The Ghulam …

AT News KABUL: A member of Afghan security forces was killed and three others received injuries after a roadside mine struck their vehicle and went off in Paghman district of Kabul on Sunday morning. Confirming the incident, Kabul police said that an IED blast hit a Ranger vehicle in Qagha …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has expressed concerns on prolonging the civilians’ casualties across the country. The commission in a statement said that 21 civilians including 10 children and eight women were wounded in Alishing district of the eastern Laghman province. The findings of the commission …

As violence continues to escalate around Afghanistan, some individuals and circles have been tagged as spoilers in the road to a dignified peace. It has raised many eyebrows as why and how do some groups actively seek to spoil the peace process. Some prospect is that imposed or ill-conceived peace …