Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh rejected any compromise with the Taliban, saying that sitting with the group for peace talks doesn’t meant to surrender to their wills and ideas. He said that the people want to live with their enemy under a peaceful umbrella. Saleh who was …

AT News KABUL: Mohammad Karim Khalili, former chairman of the high peace council, rejected the Taliban’s governance system of Emirate, saying it would “never return under the peace title”. Khalili also called on the foreigners to respect the wills of the people of Afghanistan. Speaking on the occasion of the …

AT News KABUL: As Afghanistan is bracing for peace negotiations, Taliban militants say 100 prisoners remain jailed and they will not take part in intra-Afghan talks until Kabul government releases them. The Afghan government said last weekend all 5,000 Taliban inmates had been freed except only 6, fulfilling the most …

AT News KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday met with head of Taliban’s political office Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Hakim Haqqani the newly appointed chief negotiator for the insurgent group in the Persian Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Mohammad Naeem Wardak, Taliban’s …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai urged on the intra-Afghanistan, saying the peace talks would help to fulfill the hopes of the “martyrs”. Karzai issued a message on the occasion of the Martyr’s Week. He said in the messaged that marking the martyr’s week and the death anniversary of …

In Afghanistan, every action and step taken is influenced by war and conflict-like thinking. While the country seems to be on the threshold of launch to the intra-Afghan talks but apprehensions about the continuation of war are simultaneously raised. About a week back, some military analysts dubbed a program titled …

AT News KABUL: Some reports say Taliban militants in their Qatar-based political office have deep differences as the group is prepared to hold peace negotiations with the government of Afghanistan. “There are some issues that Taliban need to be prepared for regarding the peace negotiations. Our information says that they …

AT News KABUL: The personnel of chief executive office formerly led by Abdullah Abdullah say they have not received salaries for five months. A staffer of the chief executive office which was canceled after the 2019 presidential election, said Sunday that their payments were stopped after President Ghani took office …

AT News KABUL: The armed men loyal to militia commander Abdul Ghani Alipour have reportedly attacked the outposts of security forces in Wardak province’s district of Behsood. The attackers are said to have inured two government soldiers and took one another hostage. Provincial Governor Mozaffaruddin Yameen on Sunday confirmed the …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people in the eastern province of Paktia gathered Sunday in the provincial capital of Gardez and called the government and Taliban to agree on a cease fire prior to the peace negotiations expected to begin soon. Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, a civil society activist spoke to …