Afghanistan Times

Provincial officials put military action as a last resort to fracture the siege AT News QALA-I-NAW: Jawand district of northern Badghis province has been under the complete siege of the Taliban group over the last ten years, provincial officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor, Hassamuddin Shams confirmed the siege. Mr. …

Afghans want a sustainable peace to preserve democracy, freedom of expression, human rights, women rights and achievements of last 20 years, Mr. Nab deputy foreign minister said AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister says that the Taliban group are seeking the establishment of the “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, a system …

AT News KABUL: At least two people, including a child were killed and seven others including the bride and groom received injuries when their car collided head on with another car on Torkham-Jalalabad highway on Monday morning. The groom and bride’s corolla type-vehicle smashed with another corolla in Sorkh Dewal …

Hope at somehow faded away for a stable pullout of US troops from Afghanistan as the US-centered peace talks failed to bear any result. As negotiations to secure peace with the Taliban drag on, Washington already ignored the previously agreed deadline to extricate US troops by May 1, even US …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 62 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 56,384 cases. The news cases were reported out of …

AT News KBAUL: At least 10 Taliban rebels were killed and three others were wounded during latest operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province in the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said on Monday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air Forces, have …

BY CHRIS ALEXANDER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR This month’s talks with the Taliban have focused on preventing another “spring offensive.” But after two decades of U.S. and NATO military operations, we should be asking a more basic question: Why is Afghanistan still at war? The answer is deceptively simple: Afghanistan’s conflict continues …

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AT News KABUL: Two police officers guarding the Dahan-e-Dara water dam were killed in a Taliban attack on the dam in the north-western province of Faryab. The dam is located in the province’s district of Pashtoon Kot. Nezamuddin Khpolwak, a provincial official said the attack was carried out late Saturday, …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Interior fired a police officer for lashing a woman in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Tareq Aryan, spokesman of the interior ministry said Sunday that the officer was deprived from service for ever. “Beating a woman is the culture of Taliban and whoever beats women …