Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and rival Abdullah Abdullah are close to resolving a standoff over last year’s disputed presidential election that has launched the country’s politics to pandemonium. Sources privy to ongoing negotiations between the Afghan leaders allude to the finalization of the talks to end the …

AT News KABUL: The Reporters Without Borders also known as Reporters Sans Frontier (RSF) have voiced concerns over the release of those Taliban prisoners, who have been behind deadly attacks against media workers.  The organization said its researches showed that the Taliban have been insisting on the release of a …

Khalilzad met Mullah Bardar in Qatar, discussing humanitarian ceasefire and reduction in violence—fled to India and discussed the US peace and reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan with country’s top official   AT News KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resumed has diplomatic mission to succeed the US-Taliban peace …

Afghanistan has 3,778 infections, 109 fatalities AT News KABUL: Public Health Minister, Ferozuddin Feroz has contracted the covid-19 as the country see surge in cases of the virus, bringing the confirmed cases to 3,778 across Afghanistan.  Spokesman for the health ministry said Friday that covid-19 test of Minister Feroz came …

AT News The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 400 million grant to help Afghanistan “sustain the pace of key economic and public finance reforms and support the country to manage current risks and uncertainties compounded by the COVID-19 crisis.” “The Incentive Program Development Policy Grant comprises USD 160 …

AT News KABUL: Violence has stayed unabated in Afghanistan; 43 civilians have been killed with 73 wounded in the fighting during first 10 days of Ramadan. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in a special report revealed on Thursday that 43 civilians – three women and two infants included – have …

By Samiullah Doorandesh For long, the inhumane treatment of Afghan nationals by the Iranian authorities have gone largely unnoticed. The Afghan refugees and migrants working in Iran have been subject to physical and psychological abuse, unfair working conditions, discrimination and frequent detention. Now and then, visuals of such actions have …

By Nadir Shah Katawazai As Sun was about to set, brave Arif wazir, a Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM) activists was sitting in a vehicle on the way to his home. Some unidentified people were following his vehicle, when he slowed down his vehicle because of speed breaker, suddenly gun fire …

By Ehsanullah Zirak By an overview to the history of developed countries, we can conclude that the same like us they also have faced with vary kinds of crises throughout their history, including foreign aggression, internal wars, poverty, economy collapse, and political disagreements in their homes. After successful management of …

AT News KABUL: The government has released 52 Taliban prisoners as the process of prisoner swap continues with the hope of beginning of the peace negotiations. Javed Faisal, a spokesman of the National Security Council, said Wednesday that the newly released people were held in the Pul-e-Charkhi central jail and …