Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: After a halt on the regular morning 6:30 session, First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said the meeting would continue but the details would not be shared with the media. “The Afghan people should be assured that happy news is on the way to them but bad news …

Political Leaders Attend 2nd Meeting of Reconciliation Council AT News KABUL: The second meeting of the leadership committee of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) held on Saturday, leading by Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the council, the leaders focused on the Afghan peace process, calling on the Afghan negotiating …

The air over the capital city of Kabul looks like the bricklaying factories that use plastics and tires as fuel at the eastern and northern outskirts of the city and that blacken the surrounding area with smoke. The air of the capital city is just black and one cannot see …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh announced a halt to his regular 06:30 morning session which he had led for almost two months to bring reforms in the government departments. With the halt of the morning session, Saleh in a statement said that he will make efforts …

AT News KABUL: Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh called on the nation to become united and counter the psychological pressure that the militants are attempting to put on them. Taking to a conference organized by the Afghan Civil Rights Committees, where besides the activists, the representatives of the foreign countries …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 170 new positive coronavirus and 13 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said. These cases were reported positive out of 2,275 samples tested during the same period of time. The new cases were reported in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Balkh, Nangarhar, …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has released 30 Afghan security forces in Panjwayee district of southern Kandahar province. A photo went viral on social media shows that the detainees include police officers, border forces and local police personnel. A spokesman for the Taliban group, Yusuf Ahmadi said that the …

“People like Yousuf Rasheed and Farishta Kohistani are essential for any society. They are its conscience and keep its heart beating. They should not be fearful, intimidated, or worse, killed.” AT News KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has infuriated over recent target killings in Afghanistan, saying …

Activities of insurgent elements and their leaders in Pakistani territory clearly violate Afghanistan’s national sovereignty, posing a serious challenge to achieving sustainable peace, says Ministry of Foreign Affairs AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has expressed its deepest regret and concern that some Taliban leaders were see in the …

By Bilal Yusufi KABUL: As the incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump is edging his end at White House, he has escalated efforts – apparently pressurizing the Afghan government to come to a conclusion with the Taliban as it would give Trump glee to some expects after being defeated by the …