Afghanistan Times

Indeed, gains of the Afghan women over the past 20 years have been promising and crucial, yet fragile with their implementation erratic more often than not. The Taliban have so far been harshly criticized for their treatment of women during their regime as they used to deny girls access to …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 22 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,919 across the country. The Public Health Ministry said that out of 95 suspected samples, 22 of them were reported positive – 17 cases were recorded in Balkh, three …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has once again called on the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire in the country. He said this after unidentified gunmen shot dead the deputy chairman for provincial council of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday. Ayub Gharwal came under attack when he was on …

AT News KABUL: A car bombing in northern Afghanistan killed one Afghan security service member and wounded eight, police authorities said. A security forces member was killed in a car bombing that happened on the outskirts of Dehdadi district, said provincial police spokesman, Adelshah Adel. He said the bombing targeted …

Police say 4 men convicted of raping a teenager in Balkh who were sentenced to 3 months in prison had served their time AT News KABUL: A teenage girl has objected to a court ruling two years against four men convicted of sexual assault in northern Afghanistan. Police officials say …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US President Donald Trump has said that Taliban are “Tough,” and “Smart”, but the US is dealing well with the group. “They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp, but you know it’s been 19 years and even they are tired of fighting, in …

As expected, the intra-Afghan talks in Doha are making slow progress as unraveling the decades-long conflict is indeed no easy task. The Afghan government and the Taliban negotiating teams have agreed on only one of two contradictory items so far, predominantly related to the internal code of conduct and the …

AT News KABUL: After nearly 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan, the warring parties meet face-to-face at the negotiating table in the Qatari capital, Doha. One of the key players in the Afghan peace process has been Afghan-born American diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad, who has led the efforts to achieve peace in …