Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The government has resumed releasing of 320 Taliban prisoners whom President Ghani believes are “dangerous”, after a two-week pause following the release of 80 of the 400 imprisoned insurgents. A government source said Tuesday on condition of anonymity that 70 prisoners were released late Monday from the …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed support to the chairman of the high council for national reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah for the formation of the body based on consultations. Karzai said Tuesday in a statement that he would support Abdullah’s position to consult political leaders, parliament speakers, tribal elders, …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 31 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,200 across the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday. 162 suspected patients were tested, in which 31 of them came positive, the ministry’s statement said. 10 cases …

AT News KABUL: At least 13 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded during a crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, defense officials said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said that a group of Taliban was gathered who were …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan cabinet’s law committee on Tuesday approved the proposal of inclusion of mother’s name in the national identity cards. The decision was made after some women activists and female MPs demanded the inclusion of mother’s name in the official documents besides father’s name. These activists launched the …

AT News KABUL: The UK has called on the Afghan warring sides to take the current peace opportunity to end the war through negotiated settlement.   “There is an historic opportunity to bring an end to the conflict through a negotiated settlement with the Taliban. To realise this, the violence …

By QU Dongyu Global hunger has been on a regrettable rise in recent years, and despite Asia’s economic clout, the continent — home to more than half of the world’s undernourished — has not been spared. Now Covid-19 is leading to a slowdown of regional economic growth and further threatening …

AT News KABUL: The United States of America is standing firm in supporting the Afghan security forces in the wake of peace talks with the Taliban group. US NSA Robert O’Brien in a telephonic conversation with President Ashraf Ghani has emphasized the early start of intra-Afghan negotiations. “NSA O’Brien had …

Afghan security forces killed two Taliban fighters in ten minutes after they started shooting at them  AT News KABUL: The Taliban insurgents conducted a car bombing followed by a brief gunbattle against a military base in eastern Paktia province on Tuesday morning, killing at least three public protection forces. Five …

AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haneef Atmar on Monday met with Pakistani delegation, lead by Foreign Secretary Sohial Mahmood in Kabul, where they discussed important mutual issues. During the meeting, Atmar stressed the need to halt rocket shelling from the other side of the Durand Line in …