Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Afghanistan Times reporters, Hekmatullah Aziz, Fahim Habibi, Shoaib Shirzai and their driver on Qargha Street in Kabul on Monday night (December 14th, 2020). On Monday at around 7:30 p.m., four unidentified individuals riding on motorbikes tried to stop the reporter’s vehicle …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban leadership has warned they will resume attacks on U.S. forces if Washington does not pull troops out of Afghanistan as promised, Taliban officials told BBC on Monday. The Taliban have warned the United States against breaching its commitment to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in …

By Zia Nezam Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have held hope for a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. However, can there be hope as violence continues across Afghanistan? Anti-government attacks against the Afghan people have increased fifty percent in the third quarter of 2020, according to SIGAR (The …

AT News   KABUL: Seven people have lost their lives in different incidents in eastern Laghman and Nangarhar provinces, officials said on Monday. Two men and a girl have been killed after a rocket landed in their house in Alishang district of Laghman province. Nine more people of the same family …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who visited Kabul for top-level consultations, said the Iran-Afghanistan strategic plan will be finalized soon. Mr. Araghchi met with many Afghan high-ranking officials, discussing key issues in regards to strengthened Kabul and Tehran ties. During meeting with …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said tragically, the war continues in Afghanistan. “The two Afghan negotiating teams announced in Doha they will take 20 days off to “consult on the agenda items. Tragically, the war continues. The need for a political settlement, reduction …

AT News KABUL: Afghan government-backed negotiators are set to head to Kabul for consultations on peace talks, an official said on Monday, as part of efforts to advance the crucial talks with the Taliban that has dragged for months. Habiba Sarabi, a member of Afghanistan’s negotiating team, has said the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Participants of virtual China-Afghanistan-Central Asian Countries (CA5) Vice Foreign Ministers’ Meeting called on the international community to support the Afghan peace and reconciliation process, step up counter-terrorism cooperation and create an enabling environment for relevant cooperation. The meeting on Trade and Connectivity was successfully held, said …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 211 new coronavirus infections with four fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday. With 211 new positive cases, the total tally has been reached to 49,484 around the country since the outbreak of the epidemic started nearly one …

Afghan and Taliban peace negotiators had announced a three-week pause in the ongoing talks in Doha. The Kabul peace team will arrive back home today (Monday) – really no idea where the Taliban negotiators will go. Both sides shared initial lists of agenda items and conducted preliminary discussion on the …