Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: After President Ashraf Ghani signed a decree to release the last 400 Taliban prisoners, the council of Ulema in western Afghanistan, called on the Taliban to reduce violence as there was no reason for war in Afghanistan any more. Head of the Council, Mowllawie Khudad Saleh in …

AT News KABUL: Head of Kabul Negotiating Team, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai said the Afghans accepted the “Republic system” and that it should be persevered during talks with the Taliban. Talking to the reporters, Stanikzai said that the achievements gained during the past two decades should be preserved, referring to the …

Russia is prematurely declaring victory in the race for a vaccine against Covid-19. The country (Russia) became the first in the world to approve a possible vaccine against the virus. It is a global pandemic, in which more than 741,420 people have lost their lives, battling the virus and according to …

AT News KABUL: 10 patients have lost their lives battling coronavirus in the last 24 hours, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday. Health ministry has reported 1,354 covid-19 related deaths since the infection started in the country nearly six months ago. According to the ministry, 76 fresh cases …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces discovered and confiscated two ammunition caches in southern Khost province. The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) discovered and seized two ammunition caches during two separates search operations in Gurbuz and Musa Khil districts of Khost province, said a statement issued by …

AT News KABUL: Rahmatullah Nabil, former intelligence director believes that the government had released a number of the 400 Taliban prisoners Ghani insisted to hold on charge of big crimes. Nabil said Tuesday that some of these prisoners were released before convening of the Loya Jirga that called on the …

AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg called on the Afghan warring parties to benefit from the presently “historic opportunity” for peace in Afghanistan. “I spoke to President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah (Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation) to welcome the upcoming start of intra-Afghan talks,” …

AT News KABUL: The High Council for National Reconciliation says that the government peace negotiating team would prioritize cease fire in the first meeting with Taliban expected to be held in the coming few days. Taliban seem to be ready for talks with Ghani administration after the last hurdle according …

AT News KABUL: Iran opened a trade corridor to the Central Asian states using Afghan soil as passage, with the first trucks of Iranian products arrived in Uzbekistan border on Tuesday via Afghanistan. The corridor was launched based on the International Road Transport (TIR) convention. Wahid Qawanj, spokesman of the …

AT News KABUL: Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that the release of prisoners is an important step for the Afghan government and Taliban to establish mutual trust and initiate intra-Afghan talks. The Afghan government and people deliberated and agreed on this important decision through the consultative Loya Jirga …