Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The dead bodies of 28 Afghans who died in a traffic accident in neighboring Iran have been transferred to southeastern Nimroz province, officials said Friday. At least 28 Afghan nationals were killed and another 21 people were said to have been injured in the collision when …

AT News Report KABUL: First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has denied a meeting with the ministers of finance, Energy and Water, Mines and Petroleum along with the head of “Brishna Power Company”. In their trip to open a power substation in northern Jawzjan province, the acting Ministers of Finance, …

AT News KABUL: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Kay said that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) “are increasingly strong and capable. Speaking at an event titled “The Role of NATO in the Afghan Peace Process” hosted by the Afghanistan Institute of Strategic Studies (AISS) in Kabul, …

Indeed, restoration of peace will take time, but defiantly it will come. Any peace deal requires patient and hard work. Moreover, a step-by-step course to test bona fides, build confidence, reduce violence and encourage the difficult negotiations in which the Afghans themselves determine the political future of their country. Since …

Yesterday, 20 November was the World Children’s Day and it was celebrated in the world to protect to rights of children. The day was also marked in Afghanistan with the hope of better future for the suffering Afghan children. It is a fact that four decades of war, and especially …

AT News Report KABUL: Wahid Muzhda, a prominent political analyst has been shot and dead by two armed men on Wednesday late evening in PD 7th of Kabul city, security officials confirmed. “Wahid Mujhda, a political analyst was on his way to Mosque nearby Russian embassy, that being attacked by …

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive and presidential hopeful, Abdullah Abdullah has called on the international organization to support the transparent election in Afghanistan, praising their aids and supports in conducting the Afghan presidential polls. “Although there is legitimate concern within the Afghans and international organization over the election, but …

AT News KABUL: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues its mission in Afghanistan, the organization’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said, calling the country’s mission the biggest engagement so far. Stoltenberg said Wednesday in Brussels that Afghanistan along with Iraq had important roles for NATO’s mission to defeat Daesh terrorist group. …

AT News Report KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group are moving from Nangarhar province (their main haven) to its neighboring provinces of Kunar and Nooristan in the east, members of parliament said. The representatives from eastern provinces in the parliament, said in their Wednesday session the transfer took …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed hope that a prisoner exchange took place this week, could help the end of war and be the beginning of a durable peace in Afghanistan. Taliban freed an American and an Australian citizen held in their custody for three years on …