Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: Police in the western province of Herat say, they had seized a trailer filled with tens of thousands of bullets on Monday, the day when President Ghani took oath in office in Kabul. Sayed Nezam Pacha, provincial police chief said that 45,000 bullets of different rifles and …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, one of presidential contenders who claimed victory in elections and inaugurated on Monday in Kabul, introduced his deputies (called vice presidents) to their office personnel hours after an inauguration ceremony held just behind the wall of presidential palace where his electoral rival and incumbent president …

By Bilal Yousufi KABUL: After rounds of negotiations, US and Taliban – who fighting each other for almost two decades in Afghanistan – had recently forged a peace deal, aiming for a gradual foreign troop withdrawal and facilitate Afghans-to-Afghans negotiations. To follow the agreement, the US will reduce the number …

U.S. diplomacy to mediate between feuding leaders counterintuitively foundered, pitching the war-scarred country into political chaos Ghani takes oath of president His opponent Abdullah holds parallel inauguration Rockets strike near ceremonies AT News KABUL: Afghanistan encountered another perilous moment after its two pretenders to the throne were each sworn in …

Kabul: The French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) held its fifth graduation ceremony of the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Programme on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at FMIC Auditorium. Twelve specialists including 10 male and 2 female doctors were awarded certificates in seven specializations i.e. Anesthesia, Radiology, Orthopedics, Pediatric …

The Afghan leaders officially signed the death warrant of Afghan democracy by administering unprecedented dual inauguration ceremonies, separated by just a thin wall. Despite efforts by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the election standoff and the lingering row over its results culminated in producing two presidents for Afghanistan as Ashraf Ghani took …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Throughout International Women’s Day, my thoughts have been with the women of Afghanistan whose hard-won rights and freedom are hanging in the balance. Just days ago, an agreement was signed between the government of the United States and the Taliban that was reached without the inclusion …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of political strife among the Afghan leaders on power sharing and the fragile peace talks, the Taliban – with whom the Afghan government is supposed to sit and talk over future landscape of the country – has said on Monday that the intra-Afghan talks …

AT News KABUL: Following the country’s current political dispute over power, with President Ashraf Ghani and former Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah’ oath-taking ceremony and announcement of two governments at the same time, former National Directorate of Security (NDS) Rahmatullah Nabil said that “today is the major day” of US and …

AT News Kabul: After a weeklong reduction in violence that led to a peace deal between US and Taliban, the Taliban said0 they would be continuing fighting the Afghan security forces until the government meet their demand to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in return for 1,000 held in their custody. …