Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: As the United States of American has been trying to broker a peace deal with the Taliban group to end its longest unwinnable war in Afghanistan, the Iranian envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Ibrahim Tahiryan has called the direct negotiations between the Afghans as the only path to …

The long-overdue final returns of the Afghan presidential polls – conducted four months back – are still not unveiled but the electoral management bodies have informed of making a decisive announcement in the next couple of days. Last year’s election has been marred by a myriad of fraud allegations with …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is facing harsh criticism from the Uzbek-ethnic minorities for his ‘offensive’ remarks about Timūr Gurkānī – an emperor of the Timur Dynasty which ruled in parts of the central Asia from 1370 to 1507. In his recent address to Afghan students about history, culture, …

AT News KABUL: To trigger the society into betterment dais for the segments, a book exhibition with contribution of over 5,000 books had placed on a street of Khaikhana – an area located in capital city of Kabul to increase public awareness about the values of books that furnish wings …

AT News KABUL: A 10-year-old-girl had been sexually assaulted in a “Madrasa” religious school, and now the Head of Ulema Council in northern Badghis province has said not to let any investigation into the case be conducted. The teenage girl was recently sexually assaulted in a Madrassa in Qala-e-Naw district …

AT News KABUL: At least 60 Taliban militants have been killed and 30 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 Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

AT News KABUL: A prominent Mujahideen Amanullah Gozar has defended Dr. Abdullah’s haggling over the use of his executive authority to appoint high-ranking government officials, after the chief executive disparaged president Ghani’s “patronage appointments”. Against the backdrop of the government’s alleged unilateralism, it is speculated that Dr. Abdullah is planning …

AT News KABUL: At least 30 Taliban fighters have renounced insurgency by surrendering to the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, ministry of defense said on Sunday. The fighters had laid down their arms in Aostora and Jam villages in Chesht-e-Sharif district of the province.  According to the ministry …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Twenty-five Afghan abductees have been freed following a clash between two gangs in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. At least two people were killed as result of heavy gunfire traded between the groups in the Chaghai district of the province, Dawn reported. The fire exchange happened when …

AT News KABUL: Political analysts accuse Pakistan of hindering peace negotiations between the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban negotiators. The analysts said Saturday that Khalilzad’s frequent trips to Islamabad show that his negotiations with Taliban face an impasse. Khalilzad went to Islamabad on Friday to discuss Taliban negotiations in …