Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of northern Faryab province has stood up against the Taliban rebels and had overrun their checkpoints in Shirin-Tagab district of the province.  Shirin-Tagab District Governor, Zainullah Zaki said that the residents have seized weapons and ammunition and besieged a big sanctuary of Taliban in …

Delaying the inevitable ostensibly only for a few months, the feuding rivals President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah finally signed a power-sharing deal to end their political discord. The arrangement of power-sharing reportedly entails the same components as published by this paper earlier in the form of a draft. Abdullah …

Abdullah Abdullah who challenged legitimacy of president Ghani for months will – according to the agreement – undertake leadership of the High Council of National Reconciliation, with an active presence in the cabinet. AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah—signed on …

AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan National Army was killed and another wounded after unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Kabul, the capital city on Sunday, interior ministry said. The shooting rampage had occurred in PD12 of the city when the unknown gunmen turned weapons against them, according …

AT News KABUL: The National Security Council accuses Taliban militants for killing civilians, saying the insurgents killed 79 innocent people only in the past one week. Javed Faisal, the council’s spokesman said Saturday that another 218 civilians were injured in the attacks carried out by Taliban in 21 provinces. He …

AT News KABUL: Local Officials in eastern Nangarhar said that Pakistan reopened the Turkham gate against the Afghan migrants stuck on the other side on the Durand-Line. Ataullah Khogianai, provincial governor’s spokesman said that around 5,000 Afghan migrants would be crossing the gate. The gate would be one-way open till …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban commander along with his 23 fighters has renounced violence and joined the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) in northern Faryab province, official said on Saturday. The commander Mullah Ikram along with his 23 fighters laid down their arms in Grezwan district of the …

AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah— have agreed to sign a political agreement that will set the motion for a power-sharing or coalition government after months of dispute and marathon mediation bids. The negotiations between the two leaders are finally …

In the wake of last week’s attack on the maternity ward of a hospital in Kabul that drew widespread denunciation when at least 35 people, including babies and mothers, were killed, the general atmosphere in terms of the peace process has drastically altered. Following the attack for which the Taliban, …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said it has recorded 349 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 6,402 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,113 samples, 349 were tested positive within this period. 126 cases were recorded …