Afghanistan Times

Although the prospects of resuming peace talks to end the 18-year conflict give war-weary Afghans a sense of relief, the highly disputed presidential election only takes it away. It’s been two months since the presidential election was conducted but the electoral management bodies haven’t been able to announce the preliminary …

AT News Report KABUL: In the past weeks, a large number of Daesh or so-called IS fighters, have surrendered to the Afghan security forces with the latest on where a group of 31 Daesh fighter along with 62 women and children laid down their arms in eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference on Friday said he welcomes “contacts” between the United States and the Taliban and said that the US consults with NATO allies “regularly” regarding peace efforts in Afghanistan. “Secretary Pompeo has discussed, briefed Allies. Ambassador Khalilzad has …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 55 militants have been killed and three 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

AT Monitoring Desk   KABUL: The Afghan government is pursuing Indonesia’s support to attain gender equality and sustainable peace in the country. “Quality and effectiveness are indicators of sustainability. When you get quality assistance, nothing can destroy it,” Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Hasina Safi remarked during the opening …

AT News KABUL: Lawmakers slammed President Ashraf Ghani for going to the US military base out of Kabul to meet the country’s president Donald Trump, calling it an “insult to all Afghans”. Trump landed at the Bagram air base in a sudden visit to Afghanistan on Thursday where he attended …

The term ‘Leadership’ is broadly defined as the relation between an individual and a group built around some common interest and behaving in a manner directed or determined by him. The relation of leadership arises only where a group follows an individual from free choice and not under command or …

Indeed, the Afghan masses have become fed up with the ongoing deadly war. They are bearing the brunt of this imposed war for many years. To end this, the Afghans are hopeful that a peace deal between the Taliban and the U.S. will bring them a step closer to the …

AT News KABUL: At least 15 civilians, all of them guests of a wedding party, were killed and two more were injured on Wednesday afternoon in northeastern Kunduz province, after their car, they were travelling in, was hit by a roadside bomb planted by the militants. The incident occurred at …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) authorities on Wednesday said that it would soon announce the preliminary results of the presidential election without recounting the votes of seven problematic provinces. The vote recount and audit process was launched by IEC on November 9 in 34 provinces of …