Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed 16 Taliban fighters in southern Kandahar province, local official said on Monday. In addition to that 17 other Taliban rebels received injuries in the attack. The attack came after Taliban fighters attacked security forces checkpoints in Maiwand district of the province. …

Afghanistan has always been a victim of regional and global countries’ power games. The internal rifts within Afghanistan, coupled with foreign meddling, have made the country weakest to the extent that currently every country easily hooks its claws into Afghanistan to ensure their nefarious designs and interests. As Afghanistan is …

 BEIJING: China will uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and provide assistance within its capacity to countries in need to fight COVID-19, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. In his phone conversation with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, Wang said that …

AT News KABUL: Mohammad, a 30 years old resident of central Daikundi province, who has been deported from Iran around 20 days ago, was tested positive for pandemic covid-19 in western Herat province. He accused the Herat Health Officials of negligence, saying that he had fled from there and came …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The Afghan masses have asked to act seriously on the recommendations of Ministry of Public Health on prevention of the novel and deadly coronavirus thorough the country. The panic has came after a sharp increase in positives cases of covid-19 that so far 40 people infected …

AT News KABUL: After a longtime dispute between government and Taliban over the prisoner release and beginning of intra-Afghan talks, the government’s communication team of peace negotiation has held a video conference with the Taliban’s political officials. The meeting occurred on Sunday night with the presence of US and Qatar …

Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Positive results have been achieved in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak in China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, the global pandemic situation brooks no optimism as confirmed cases continue increasing in many countries. Afghanistan has also seen some confirmed cases. …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban official has disclosed group’s secret ties with Pakistani intelligence agency (ISI) in a letter to media. “I was invited to the Qatar’s peace meeting by the Emirate. Unfortunately, when I arrived in Qatar, the situation was worse than Quetta, Pakistan as the ISI has still …

By Aisha Khurram After 18 months of talks and nearly two decades of war an historic deal was signed between United States and Taliban on Feb-29th-2020 which provided a glimmer of hope that the long and brutal war in Afghanistan may finally be getting to an end and that there …

AT News KABUL: Taliban’s attacks have been continuing in at least 16 provinces since the Persian New Year began on March 20. Initial figures suggest that more than 60 security forces have been killed during the attacks, with the government condemning the attacks as violation of peace agreement by the …