Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The Interior Minister, Mohammad Massoud Andarabi has blamed Taliban for the continued uptick in violence and carrying out targeted killings of civil society activists and journalists across the country. According to Andarabi, who spoke with foreign media outlets, the Taliban deliberately delayed the peace process and waited …

Surge in targeted killings and relentless violence across Afghanistan is a new challenge on the path to peace, Foreign Ministry says AT News KABUL: The foreign ministry has called on Pakistan to push the Taliban to fulfill its commitments of reduction in violence and cut ties with the “terrorist groups” …

Indeed, it’s a good move that the Biden administration has decided to review the Trump dispensation’s peace deal with the Taliban. This comes to check whether the Taliban are honest in the meaningful talks and are also ready to cut ties with other groups, including the al-Qaeda terrorist network. It …

AT News KABUL: At least 28 Taliban militants have been killed and four others were wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces within the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday. Taliban insurgents were planning to attack Afghan National Defense and Security …

Abdullah says Taliban have intensified violence and targeted-killings AT News KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah said Saturday that the Taliban was reluctant to reduce violence in the wake of the second round of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha of Qatar. Talking in the inauguration …

Khalilzad is a diplomatic veteran, having served as a US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations – he is well known in foreign policy circles AT News KABUL: The Biden administration is keeping former President Trump’s top envoy for Afghanistan peace talks, who has led regular negotiations with the …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 36 new cases of Covid-19 and 5 fatties within the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to over 54,595. The new cases were recorded out of 882-suspected samples tested in the country laboratories, the health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.  The cases …

War in Afghanistan which is one of the deadliest current conflicts in the world, seems to have entered its most crucial phase as the newly inaugurated U.S. administration led by President Joe Biden is going to take robust and regional diplomatic effort to help the two sides (Afghan and Taliban) …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has fired his Finance Minister, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, citing failure on collecting of taxes and incompetence in other areas behind his removal, the Administrative Office of the President said on Saturday. Mr. Arghandiwal received votes of confidence from lawmakers and took charge as Finance …

AT News RIYADH: Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Saudi Minister of Commerce Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi and discussed Afghan-Saudi comprehensive framework for economic cooperation covering trade, investment, development, and labor deployment. The two sides discussed transportation of Afghanistan’s key exports to Saudi Arabia and called for …