Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: A power sharing deal signed between President Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah to end a political logjam has not been fully implemented. The agreement that was signed included four pages with five main principles, based on which Dr. Abdullah heads the High Council for National Reconciliation …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a terrorist attack in the Sher Shah Suri mosque in Kabul that killed and injured a number of prayers including religious scholar Maulavi Azizullah Mofleh. The bombing happened Friday inside the mosque in the west of Kabul city. Karzai denounced the …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is set to announce new steps for peace by next week, he said, which is expected to address the nation on the exact date and venue of negotiations with Taliban. In a video conference with the Atlantic Council, the president expressed optimism for the …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health says of identifying of 656 new patients of the Corona virus across the country in the past 24 hours.According to the ministry’s statement issued on Friday, the total number of people infected with the virus reaches now to 23,546. It said that …

AT News KABUL: As part of allied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey delivered around 75,000 protective masks and dozens of sets of medical equipment, including observation monitors, ventilators, oxygen regulators and concentrators, laryngoscopes, aspirators and aspirator kits, defibrillators, PCR machines, nebulizers and diagnostic test kits to the Afghan health …

AT News              KABUL: Afghanistan has released thousands of Taliban prisoners in the wake of a U.S. peace agreement with the militant group in February end. And some of the released militants have pointed to return to the battlefield to fight against Afghan government, in spite of a Taliban commitment to …

AT News KABUL: The long-awaited talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban Qatar-based members is due to be held in near future after months of delay as it was expected within a week after the US-Taliban peace deal was signed on 29th February. The first round of talks is …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban has once again denied that members of Al Qaeda are present in Afghanistan. The denial comes in response to a U.S. general’s remarks suggesting that they still are foreign fighters linked to al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. The U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth Franklin McKenzie raised concerns recently that al-Qaeda …

AT News KABUL: After Taliban signed a peace agreement with the United States on February 29th in Doha, it was expected the group will reduce armed violence in Afghanistan and would stop their spring offensives during which the group usually send their fighters back to Afghanistan, after spending winter on …

By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: For the ages, the people of Afghanistan have been imitating their cultural practice that gives a special respect and solemnity to the Islamic clerics. Besides politicians, these clerics are considered the leading aspects of the society. Even the top political leaders are offering an honor …