Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of young people in the northern province of Kunduz have taken arms to defend their villages against Taliban attacks. Three hundred men have newly started defensive operations against Taliban in the Imam Saheb district, claiming that they are tired of the militants’ activities there. Abdul Khaleq, …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has called for the cease fire and the war victims’ rights to be agenda for the new round of negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban. “The first demand is that an urgent agreement be made on the cease fire to prevent …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah chairman of the high council for national reconciliation met the US special representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday in Kabul, where he emphasized that increasing violence and targeted terrors were unacceptable for the people of Afghanistan. Abdullah also urged an urgent cease fire, …

AT News KABUL: At least 40 Taliban fighters have been killed and 22 others were wounded during latest crackdowns conducted by the by Afghan security forces in southern provinces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Taliban rebels planned to attack Afghan security forces checkpoints in Zherai and Arghandab districts of …

AT News KABUL: The negotiating team of the government left on Tuesday Kabul for Doha to resume the intra-Afghan negotiations, but the Taliban yet to determine the procedure of the talks  as violence has been on the rise all over the country. Head of the delegation, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai hoped …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban infiltrator among the Afghan security forces’ ranking, has cowardly killed his six comrades after poisoning them in the central Ghazni province, sources said on Tuesday. A security source privy to the issue, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that the incident occurred on …

AT News  KABUL: At least 27 people who pleaded guilty for trafficking narcotics have been sentenced to two to 30 years in prison over the past week, anti-drug authority said on Tuesday. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said they were sentenced to incarceration …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 94 new positive cases of coronavirus and seven fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday. These cases come positive out of 1,820 suspected samples during these hours. Afghanistan now officially has 53,105 confirmed …

AT News KABUL: At least 324 young Afghan soldiers completed their advanced military training at the 205 military corps, said the ministry of defense on Tuesday. These fresh soldiers graduated after receiving advanced military training at the 205 military corps. The graduation ceremony was held with the participation of officials, …

AT News KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the return of the Afghan negotiators to Doha and looks forward to the speedy resumption of talks between the two Afghan negotiating teams in Qatar. These negotiations are critical in helping to bring about an end to fighting and …