Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Representatives of an Indian and an Iranian firm arrived in Kabul to negotiate with Afghan officials over a possible investment in the newly-established shipping industry of Afghanistan, said officials.                       The firms sent their representatives to the capital, Kabul, and have expressed their high interest of …

The US Special Envoy and Taliban negotiation team have resumed seventh round of peace talks in Doha, Qatar on Saturday with great hopes of an end to over four decades long hostilities and prolonged era of terror and violence, causing lives to millions of people and worth trillions of American …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German foreign minister put his weight behind Afghan-owned peace process, saying peace could be brought to Afghanistan only by the Afghan people. Heiko Maas and his visiting Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani met in Berlin on the ongoing peace process in the war-ravaged country. “Germany stands …

AT Monitoring Desk KAB UL: Local officials in northern Balkh province said the Taliban militants have been wiped out from Balk and Dawlat Abad districts of the province after the Afghan security forces conducted comprehensive raids against the insurgent. Provincial Police Chief, Gen. Mohammad Ajmal Faiz, said the security forces …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 25 pro-government public uprising membershave been killed in a Talibanambush in the northern Baghlan province, an official of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday, adding 15 militants were also killed in an ensuing clash after security forces’ arrival. FawadAman, Deputy Spokesman for MoD, …

AT News Report KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it would keep working in Afghanistan despite increasing “security challenges”. The ICRC President, Peter Maurer in a meeting with chief executive Abdullah Abdullah that working in Afghanistan was a priority of the committee, promising that their …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters attacked a checkpoint in the mountainous province of Daikundi, killing at least eight police officers, local officials confirmed. The incident took place in Padgag area of the Kejran district early Friday, in which another 16 officers injured. Provincial Governor, Sayed Anwar Rahmati, said that …

AT News Report KABUL: A large number of religious scholars in a Friday gathering in the southern province of Kandahar, called for the building of a “trust space” to reach a peace deal in Afghanistan. They warned against the repetition of the “past experiences” if the available chance for peace …

Rapid progress on peace expects AT News Report KABUL: The United States and the Taliban Qatar-based members sit to open seventh round of negotiations in Doha (Saturday 29th June), in a bid to find a peaceful solution to 18-year conflict in Afghanistan. In a Twitter post on 22th June, the …

AT Morning Desk BRUSSELS: US Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to NATO Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Friday. “On Afghanistan, the United States remains fully committed to the NATO-led Resolute Support mission alongside our allies and partners,” Esper told …