Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The world watches in awe as Afghanistan is hewing closer to an end to violence with an outstanding euphoria surrounding a seven-day ‘reduction in violence’ between the US and the Taliban that raised hopes over prospects of peace. After years of violence, Afghanistan is in the turning …

AT News KABUL: Health officials said Friday that 10 recent suspicious cases of coronavirus were tested negative after diagnosing in the laboratory. Of 10 cases, five of them have been registered in capital Kabul, one in northern Baghlan and three cases in western Herat provinces. The blood symptoms of the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria’s Idlib province in an aerial attack by Russian-backed Syrian regime forces, Turkish officials said, raising the specter of full-blown conflict. Thirty-five soldiers were injured in the attack and have been evacuated to hospitals in Turkey, according to …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of a weeklong reduction in violence, several provinces were hit by isolated insurgent attacks with military authorities saying four civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed as a result. The Afghan government said at least 19 security forces have been killed and 35 others …

Rafiullah anwari KABUL: A President Ghani’s running mate Amrullah Saleh’s decision to sue nearly 40 people for ranting and posting malicious comments on social media has set off a storm of criticism that it is an appalling violation of the right to freedom of speech and social media activities. Civil …

AT News KABUL: The Presidential Palace on Wednesday has confirmed that ceremony to swear in Ashraf Ghani as president scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed—giving an opportunity for the Afghan leaders to form a comprehensive government to end the controversial post-election crisis. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has …

AT News KABUL: Police seized an arsenal from a moving truck in a border city in Nangarhar province, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, linking the truck loaded with weapons to the Taliban. Anticrime police have arrested three suspects in Torkham town of Nangarhar as they were trying to smuggle a …

AT News KABUL: At least nine people were wounded, including a woman, when a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated during Kabul’s afternoon rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. An explosive in a motorcycle exploded on Wednesday afternoon in 6th PD at Faiz Mohammad Kateb neighborhood and injured nine …

AT News KABUL: The National Peace Address, a social organization has called the term of reduction in violence be prolonged. Members of the organization asked the war parties to extend the violence reduction so that it could pave the ground for a complete cease fire. Taliban announced a week-long reduction …

AT News KABUL: Sources close to Taliban say that all conditions of the reduction in violence were observed, announcing that they would sign a peace deal with the United States on Saturday February 29th. Jalaluddin Shinwari, attorney general in Taliban government (1995-2001), said Wednesday that the deal would be signed …