Afghanistan Times

Trump wants Afghan war to be ended AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump addressed Congress on Tuesday night for his last State of the Union address before the 2020 election, claiming in an appeal to voters that, over the past three years, he had helped stage the “Great American Comeback.” …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the US President Donald Trump’s statements on putting end to Afghan war and ensuring peace in the country. “For the people of Afghanistan who have suffered a lot of problems because of the war, ending war and strengthening of peace are vital,” …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a statement, praised freedom of speech as “one of valuable achievements” in the past two decades in Afghanistan, expressing concerns over restrictions to media for access to information. Karzai said that restrictions are against the country’s laws. He said Afghanistan’s flourishing media …

AT News KABUL: In the wake of violence being surged recently in urban parts of the country, the interior ministry on Wednesday said that at least two policemen were killed in a roadside mine blast in Gerashk district of Helmand province. Three other police personnel received injuries, said Nasrat Rahimi, …

AT News KABUL: The government has been accused of “holding the access to information law hostage” as it recently emerged important bureaucratic institutions including the presidential palace have avoided conveying information to media. “The government has been very reluctant in implementing the law, and it could be said that the …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government must respect, protect and fulfil the right to information, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In Afghanistan, 30 different media organizations have called on the government to effectively implement the Afghan Access to Information Law, including providing information on key human rights issues. “Afghanistan’s journalists …

AT News KABUL: The Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) on Wednesday announced it has ended the scrutiny to appellant complaints with addressing of 22,500 elections related whines. Head of IECC, Zuhra Baian Shinwarai in a press conference said that out of 22,500 complaints and objections, 16,500 of them have been …

The Afghanistan peace process has arrived at a turning point. What happens in the next few weeks in the talks between the Taliban and the Americans will determine whether the country will once again witness durable peace and stability or whether it will continue to be the scene of continued …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has sealed its borders and restricted travel to and from the People’s Republic and also Tajikistan amid a novel coronavirus outbreak that has spread beyond even the figures reported for the country’s last deadly disease epidemic. Authorities in northern Badakhshan province bordering China and Tajikistan have …

AT News KABUL: At least 52 Taliban militants have been killed and 36 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …