Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amurullah Saleh warned Islamabad of paying high price if it continued providing support to the Taliban. “Pakistan-as a host of the Taliban since group’s foundation -could play a significant role in the peace process, and therefore become a reliable partner of the Afghan nation,” …
Read More »Taliban furious at US for plans to keep residual troops
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have threatened to attack on the US troops in case they stay back after Washington pulls its soldiers out of Afghanistan. The Associated Press reported this week that the United States plans to keep 650 troops for the security of its diplomatic bodies in …
Read More »Afghanistan inherits America’s war on terrorism
AT News KABUL: Sources in Afghanistan and the United States say that Washington is to hand over the ongoing so-called ‘war on terror’ to Afghan forces to more facilitate troop withdrawal. The US was involved in the Afghan war since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan in an attempt to uproot …
Read More »Secret documents reveal UK’s military plans for Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Secret British military documents about Afghanistan have been founded at a bus stop in England, with one suggesting recommendations for a possible UK military presence in the war-torn country, reports said on Sunday. The UK’s Ministry of Defence documents containing details about the British military were found …
Read More »Editorial: Important of 650 U.S. forces’ remaining
The Associated Press reported from some American officials that the U.S. will keep some 600 troops to provide security for the diplomatic mission in Kabul. The remaining of this number of troops is a dynamic step amid uncertainty of war and peace that sparked fears and concerns among the Afghan …
Read More »Pakistan says will close border if Taliban seize power
AT News KABUL: Pakistan would close borders if the Taliban forcibly seized power in Afghanistan, the country’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan said. A Pakistani Newspaper Dawn quoted Khan as saying that Afghanistan could connect Pakistan’s trade ties with the central Asian countries. He said that Pakistan would pay all-out efforts …
Read More »Pakistan says will close Durand Line if Taliban seize power
AT News KABUL: Pakistan would close borders if the Taliban forcibly seized power in Afghanistan, the country’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan said. A Pakistani Newspaper Dawn quoted Khan as saying that Afghanistan could connect Pakistan’s trade ties with the central Asian countries. He said that Pakistan would pay all-out efforts …
Read More »Karzai saddened by national trader’s death
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences over the death of Hajji Abdul Qader also known as Hajji Qandil Boy. In a statement issued Saturday, Karzai called Hajji Qader as a patriotic man who served for the welfare of people especially in improvement of agriculture and carpet weaving …
Read More »Iran’s hand behind district fall in Herat, Farah: Report
KABUL: Taliban insurgents took control of some districts in the western province of Farah some three weeks ago in which at least 30 security forces were killed. Farah borders Iran’s province of Southern Khorasan. According to reports, the districts of Lash Jovain, Anar Dara and Posht Koh fell to Taliban.The …
Read More »US air force targets Taliban position in northern Afghanistan, media reports
AT News KABUL: Some Western media outlets report that the United States military had pounded by drone attacks Friday just hours before President Ghani’s meeting with his American counterpart Joe Biden in the White House. The Fox News has cited officials in the Pentagon, saying that the US army had …
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