Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) has announced the killing of Abdullah Orakzai, the chief justice of Islamic State (IS), known as Daesh terrorist group in an operation. Orakzai was leading battles in Nazyan and Achin districts of Nangarhar province, NDS said in a statement on Tuesday. However, …

Even, after the Consultative Loya Jirga called for the release of 400 of the remaining 5,000 Taliban prisoners, the insurgents denied to recognize the government of Afghanistan—in tit for tat, the government said the Taliban are not representing any tribe in the country. This as the Taliban claims to have …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad once again called on the Afghan warring sides to accelerate efforts for peace and engage into direct negotiations. In a series of tweet on Saturday, Khalilzad condemned the attack on a member of government peace negotiation team, …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security and defense forces began the second military maneuver along the zero-point in Durand Line near to Pakistan in a week, this time in the southern areas. Officials in Kandahar province, where the drills are going on, said that it is launched in the Spin Boldak …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s office claims that Taliban insurgents enjoy support from no tribes or ethnicities, so they cannot represent any tribe. The statement comes in reaction to a Taliban allegation that the upcoming peace talks would not be a meeting between Afghan government and the militants, but it …

AT News KABUL: Ranchmen in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed a leopard by poison, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place in the Dara-e-Parang of the Durbaba district, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said on Sunday. He said that the ranchmen killed the leopard after it killed some of their …

AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation, a government-run body responsible for peace efforts, says that some foreign states are not happy with the release of 400 Taliban prisoners from government custody. President Ghani issued an order to release all the 400 inmates the Loya Jirga called to …

AT News KABUL: The government of France has called on the government of Afghanistan not to release those Taliban prisoners who killed French citizens in Afghanistan during the 19 years of ongoing war. The interior ministry of France said that the murders of the France citizens were among the list …

AT News KABUL: With 48 newly infected in the past 24 hours, now Afghanistan has 37,599 confirmed coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday. Out of 468 suspected samples, 48 were reported positive – 15 positive cases registered in Ghor, five in Takhar, five in Kunduz, five …

AT News KABUL: Authorities said that at least 30 Taliban fighters were killed and more than ten others wounded in clashes with the Afghan security forces in northern Badghis province. Acting Governor of Badghis, Faiz Mohammad Mirzazada said the Taliban staged attacks on the security checkpoints in Moqour and Qads …