Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Just days’ after nine former US ambassadors have expressed their concern about US-Taliban peace deal, the government of Afghanistan also showed anxiety in the process, seeking clarification.   Presidential Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said that Afghan government is concerned about the consequences of the deal same as …

AT Monition Desk KABUL: Nine former US ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if President Donald Trump withdraws all American forces before President Ghani’s administration and the Taliban conclude a peace settlement. “A major troop withdrawal must be contingent on a final peace,” the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: While the world has its fair share of hot spots, from Afghanistan to Venezuela to Yemen, former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said that Pakistan topped his list of most dangerous countries at an event in New York on Tuesday. “Of all the countries I’ve known, …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani called political leaders to discuss the list of a delegate scheduled to attend the intra-Afghan dialogue, one day after the US special envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad met him to show the draft of an accord with Taliban and then outlined the …

AT News Report KABUL: Russian Federation is ready to sign the peace deal between the United States and Taliban as a guarantor, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Zamir Kabulov, Special Envoy of President Vladimir Putin to Afghanistan has also said that the US withdrawal would help Afghanistan to head …

AT News Report KABUL: More than 147 militants have been killed and 45 others wounded in latest military raids conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the operations were conducted in Ghazni, Maidan …

AT News Report KABUL: Ten former commissioners of the Afghan electoral commissions have been jailed each for five years over holding a chaotic and fraudulent parliamentary election in 2018 that triggered the country into deep ailment.   Attorney General Office Spokesman, Jamshid Rasouli confirmed the report, saying ten former commissioners of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: With the peace process between the US and the Taliban approaching its fruition, China has reportedly looked into the possibility of expanding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to the war-ravaged Central Asian country, Sputnik reported on Tuesday. A trilateral meeting between Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan will take …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Monday’s terrorist attack in the Police District 9 that killed and injured a large number of civilians. Karzai said Tuesday in a statement that the attack was carried out apparently to target foreigners, but in fact the victims were only …

AT News Report KABUL: UN Envoy in Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto in a statement said that violence this week across Afghanistan underscores the urgency of ending the conflict through a negotiated settlement, adding the suffering of the Afghan people must end. “I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to family and …