Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Intelligence officials have said that the Taliban delegates will be received in Bagram airport under auspices of the ICRC, as part of virtual negotiations between the government and the Taliban to facilitate a phased release of militant prisoners. Government officials and Taliban representatives have been in three …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is on the brink of a new disaster that the already long-suffering Afghan people cannot afford. Coronavirus threatens to topple the country, if Afghans don’t begin to heed the advice of officials regarding the spread of Coronavirus. Key concerns are the disregard for new social distancing …

AT News KABUL: A truck full of 4,000kg explosive materials have confiscated by the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Monday. Police Special Forces unit succeeded to seize a truck full of 4,000kg explosives during a crackdown in Kang village of Ghorian district of the province, …

By Meetra Qutb The ‘prisoner release’ has long been as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to show a willingness to bringing peace. It is worth learning from the experience of the conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel, India and Pakistan, as there the British and the Irish governments, together with the Irish parties …

AT News KABUL: Although strict precautionary measures have been introduced with Kabul city under quarantine, bevies of people thronged the city and intercity commute seemed unhalted on Sunday. Many shops are open and cars still commute. Nobody seems to comply by public health orders to self-isolate amid a citywide lockdown. …

AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Herat say that 500 prisoners would be released based on President Ahsraf Ghani’s decree aimed to prevent further outbreak of Coronavirus and to save their lives. Herat was the first place where the virus infected people with the refugees transferring it …

AT News KABUL: After the Taliban group has rejected to sit in talks with Kabul peace delegation, the Ministry of State in Peace Affairs emphasized that the delegation has been finalized after comprehensive consultations with several influential figures and that there would be no change in it. Spokesperson for the …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the government of Afghanistan’s team of peace negotiators and called on warring Afghan leaders to try to form an all-inclusive government. Pompeo in a tweet touted the Afghan leaders for preparing an inclusive negotiating team to make intra-Afghan negotiations …

AT News KABUL: Ambassadors of the European Union in Kabul and the ambassador of Norway reiterated the EU commitment to the Afghan government in a meeting with president Ghani. In a statement, the EU representatives said, “We underlined the strong support provided by the EU and Norway to the institutions …

AT News KABUL: As Kabul and the Taliban are edging towards peace negotiations, Afghan leaders who have been at odds over who becomes the president have ratcheted up effort to reconcile and broker a reconciliation and power-sharing deal to end a bickering that is risking falling into nascent peace talks. …