Afghanistan Times

The realization of the reduction-in-violence plan in practice by the US, the Taliban and the Afghan government has been one of the cheerful moments for Afghans across the country. The violence reduction scheme has revived the war-ravaged people’s hopes about peace. The reduced violence is relieving Afghans’ agony as they …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan on Sunday has temporarily blocked any travel to and from Iran to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The decision has taking during special meeting of the National Security Council in Kabul, in which Afghan officials decided to temporarily block any travel …

AT News KABUL: Following the outbreak of corona virus in Iran, the Afghanistan embassy in Tehran has suspended consular services against the applicants. The embassy in a statement said as the numbers of applicants are in high rate, the embassy has suspended its consular section until Wednesday to prevent the …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban spokesman says that there are some circles that endeavor to lead the peace process toward a failure. Suhail Shahin, the group’s political office spokesman based in Qatar, told Al Jazeera News on Sunday that some circles make efforts to make the ongoing talks between Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the announcements by the US state department and Taliban political office about the finalizing of a peace deal. Karzai said Saturday in a statement that he hoped the deal lead Taliban to an intra-Afghan dialogue and result a long-lasting peace in the …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is extremely concerned by the events that are ongoing to replace government officials. “Resorting to force or any other unlawful means at the very time that efforts are ongoing to realize a reduction in violence – with the expectation …

AT News KABUL: Officials at the ministry of public health say they were worried to learn that the Coronavirus had broken out in the neighboring Iran where millions of Afghans live as migrants. Iranian officials have confirmed that scores of people were suffering the Coronavirus with four of patients losing …

AT News KABUL: Powerful political leaders gathered Saturday to discuss what they called “electoral crisis and peace process”. The meeting was held at the residence of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami in which Hamid Karzai, Karim Khalili, Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Mohaqqeq, Salahoddin Rabbani, Anwarul Haq Ahadi and Batur Dostum attended …

AT News KABUL: Hopes are increasing for a peace agreement between the government and Taliban after the militants announced to observe a week-long reduction in violence early Saturday. The Taliban said they would stop attacks on both Afghan and foreign forces around the country for one week, and the United …

‘Tug of war’ and feud over power risks spilling into peace process and trigger ‘degeneration’ into deeper divide AT News KABUL: Allies of Afghanistan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah – who declared himself president after electoral authority recognized incumbent President Ghani as the winner of September vote, on Saturday appointed a …