Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator, Masoom Stanekzai, said the Taliban must accept ceasefire if they are committed to end violence. Stanekzai tweeted Tuesday that “the horrific attack on young students of Kabul University displays the stigma of disgrace marked on the brows of terrorists who brought shame to …

AT News KABUL: At least 81 Taliban rebels were killed and 37 others were wounded during a latest crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, defense officials said Monday. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces through the frame of active defense posture in counterattacks …

AT News KABUL: Responding to recent criticism on Afghan security forces, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has lashed out describing it as “relentless” and “poisonous propaganda”. Saleh in his Facebook said poisonous propagandas against Afghan forces would be not tolerated. Earlier, an individual at a religious seminary in Kabul stated …

AT News KABUL: As the weather is getting cold in the capital city, people are deprived from electricity for several hours a day as their power is cut many times in 24 hours and they have to spend nights in blackout. “We do not have regular electricity as the power …

This is the second deadly attack on education institutions recently in Kabul. A suicide bomber near a tutoring center a fortnight ago killed 24, most of whom teen students. This is a brazen attempt by enemies of education to plunge Afghanistan into darkness By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A group of …

Whatever their names or titles, they are capable of carrying complex attacks in Afghanistan to kill our innocent people. They have redoubled its barbarism to reach one goal—weakening Afghanistan to such a stage to have zero scholars, or educated young generation. Their core intention is to indiscriminately kill Afghans no …

AT News KABUL: Residents of Raghistan district in northeastern Afghanistan say that Badakhshan gold mines are now under Taliban control as insurgency has gained momentum in the provinces. Powerful individuals and the Taliban were using advanced equipment to extract gold illegally and pocket its revenues in Badakhshan, Raghistan district governor …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed Afghan Reconciliation Process among other matters, Pakistan media reported on Monday.  “Matters of mutual interest, regional security, the ongoing Afghan Reconciliation Process and Pak-Afghan crossing point …

AT News KABUL: The French Embassy in Kabul voiced concerns on the unprosecuted cases of journalists, saying that attacks on journalists must be fully investigated and “this violence must end”. On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, France expressed its strongest support to the vibrant media. …

AT News KABUL: The parliament has expressed concerns over intensive clashes around the country amid peace negotiations are underway between Afghanistan government and the Taliban delegations in Qatar now for 51 days. The MPs in Monday session, accused Taliban of being at United States service, saying that Zalmay Khalilzad commands …