Afghanistan Times

AT News Afghanistan is the epicenter of violence as war and fighting is spiraling out of control, slowly eroding two decades of gains since ouster of Taliban. It is a decisive moment for the country too as the government is negotiating a political settlement with the Taliban. Today, October 2, …

An uptick in the levels of violence has been witnessed since the start of the landmark intra-Afghan talks in Doha on September 12. Both the negotiating sides have been blaming each other for ramping up violence while fears simmering that increased violence could potentially cause a setback to the nascent …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the Afghan government-appointed delegation and Taliban negotiating team have managed to partly solve their differences over the Jaafari-Hanafi religious jurisprudence. Taliban’s contact group had earlier insisted that the Hanafi (Sunni Muslim) should be considered as the only source …

AT News KABUL: Seven members of the Daesh terrorist group including their head of media branch were arrested in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, provincial spokesman, said Friday that that the terrorists were arrested in an operation launched by the intelligence agency’s operatives in the Sorkhrod district. He …

Weeks after Afghanistan’s warring factions started arduous negotiations on a roadmap for peace parleys in Qatar, Afghan government and Taliban seem to be edging toward an agreement on major issues of contention AT News KABUL: Signs have emerged of some progress toward resolving deadlock in peace talks as the Afghan …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan, US and Tajik foreign ministers are expected to hold meeting in the “near future” to discuss the Afghan peace efforts and developments in the region, ministry of foreign affairs said Friday. Mirwais Naab, deputy foreign minister, called the United States a strategic partner for Afghanistan, …

AT News KABUL: US Chargé d’Affaires in Kabul, Ross Wilson said that the peace settlement was a bilateral agreement and that Washington didn’t force its resolution. Wilson underscored the remarks after a three-week negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban delegations in Doha has hit nowhere as of now. Speaking …

AT News KABUL: Scott Miller, general commander for the US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, says that war is still continuing despite efforts for seeking a way to peace is going on. Taliban who agreed for the first time to sit with a delegation from Afghan government are now busy …

Last week, President Ashraf Ghani delivered his speech to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, like the rest of world leaders, President Ghani’s pre-recorded video address, screened in the Assembly hall, was closely watched by …

IN a strange twist of events surrounding the Afghan enigma, Pakistan seems to have realigned its foreign policy towards Afghanistan against all odds, having offered support – hitherto unheard of – for the ongoing peace negotiations between Kabul and Taliban. But there is no guarantee Islamabad will be doing more …