Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The remaining 400 Taliban controversial prisoners will be released to pave the way for an early start to intra-Afghan negotiations and also remove the last hurdle on the path to the peace process. The members of the Consultative Loya Jirga for Peace have ended its three days …

BMZ-ID 2010 66 562, 2011 65 034, 2013 65 048, 2014 67 885, 2015 67 762, 2016 67 633 Prequalification Design and Construction of 12 km Gravel Road in Northern Afghanistan BGL-R-2019-02 Construction of Mazar Dara Road (12 km Gravel) The existing dirt and thinly graveled road will be upgraded …

AT News KABUL: Ghorzang Seyal, a young member of the Consultative Loya Jirga, who was dragged out of the Jirga’s tent on the first day of the assembly, said that he stood against President Ashraf Ghani’s speech as he was ignored the issues of the Durand Line. He said that …

AT News KABUL: At least 32 government forces have been killed and injured in the past one month in the mountainous Daikundi province. The province lies in the central areas, bordering Uruzgan, Helmand, Ghor and Ghazni provinces all unsafe areas where Taliban militants control several districts. Taher Etemadi, district governor …

AT News KABUL: The deadly Corona virus has affected import-export in Afghanistan, with the traders saying that their exports had decreased by 60 per cent, while the government failed to meet their problems. The chamber of commerce called it a matter of concern, saying that the Afghan trader with the …

AT News KABUL: Police at the Kabul International Airport seized an ancient relics planned to be smuggled to abroad. Osman Janbaz, police commander at the airport, said Saturday that the relic was to be taken to Dubai and then to London. “The relic was very skillfully hidden in a suitcase. …

AT News KABUL: The Loya Jirga called by President Ashraf Ghani to consult whether release Taliban’s 400 controversial prisoners, on condition of a cease fire as well as an international guarantee. Nearly all the 3,200 Jirga participants decided on its second day (Saturday) that the imprisoned insurgents be released from …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed over the phone with his Pakistani counterpart the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan to end the conflict as the country enters a critical phase in peace talks. In reading out Pompeo’s call with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, State …

AT News KABUL: The second day of the Consultative Loya Jirga (national assembly) engage in brawls after a committee of the Jirga insisted on apologize to be made for Mrs. Belquis Roshan, a member of the parliament, who was beaten by another participant of the assembly. Roshan, who is a …

AT Monitoring Desk At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a passenger jet skidded off a hilltop runway after landing in heavy rain in the southern city of Kozhikode in Kerala. Several Afghan officials expressed their condolences and sadness to the victim of the …