Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met with representatives, tribal elders and youth of Kandahar province on Wednesday in his office. The representatives complained of operations and night raids launched by some US-backed armed units against civilians in the province, asking the former president to help them in …

AT News Report KABUL: Presidential hopeful and leader of “Hezb-e-Islami”, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani has warned of possible election crisis, asking him to hold talks with the candidates regarding the “fraudulent votes”. His letter comes among rising tension in the Presidential election. The preliminary results …

AT News KABUL: Just days after releasing the three top Taliban prisoners in return for the two foreign professors, aimed at reducing violence and facilitation of intra-Afghan peace talks, the Taliban claimed responsibility of shooting down a chopper in Logar province, in which two US service members were killed. Moreover, …

AT News Report KABUL:  At least two U.S. service members were killed, after a chopper crashed in eastern Logar province. U.S Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) in a press statement said that two U.S. service members were killed in a helicopter crash on November 20. According to the statement the cause of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Taliban was the world’s “deadliest terrorist group” last year, according to a new survey, amid a rise in terrorist activity in Afghanistan and the winding down of conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The 2019 Global Terrorism Index, published on November 20 by the Sydney-based Institute …

A date for the meeting has not been agreed on yet, because China has problems with coordinating the list of participants from Kabul, Zamir Kabulov informed. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia expects the intra-Afghan meeting in Beijing to be held before the end of this year, Special Presidential Envoy for …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran continues to support the Taliban with weapons, training and funding to counter US and Western influence in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released on Tuesday. A US Defense Intelligence report said “Stronger partners, such as Hezbolloh, are highly capable, reliable, and receptive to Tehran. …

AT News Report KABUL: Most of the Afghan Children feel feared and unsafe while going out of their homes on the way to schools, markets and public areas, especially when they get close to governmental buildings and checkpoints, showed a survey conducted by Save the Children International Organization. Over 600 …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces repelled a coordinated Taliban attack in Imam Sahib District of northern Kunduz province, and killed 10 fighters of the red unit of the militant group, official said on Wednesday. Taliban insurgents massively attacked a checkpoint of national army forces from different directions in …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and 34 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 Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …