Afghanistan Times
Controversy surrounds paradoxical statements of the duo election commissions AT News KABUL: Tempers are running high as post-election dispute is hitting full tilt amid a ratcheting up of pressure on both the election commissions to bring affairs under control and a recent resurfacing of paradoxical statements of both the panels …
Read More »The New Generation of Diplomats
By Aisha Khurram We have always been fascinated by dreams, dreams of having a better world, without evil and hatred, where everyone has a place, where there are plenty of opportunities for development and growth, a world where there’s food to eat, air to breath and place to sleep for …
Read More »Violence Mounts amidst Peace Process
By Masom Jan Masomy Since the National Unity Government (NUG) consisted under Mohammad Ashraf Ghani presidency in 2014, the Afghanistan’s war goes up the highest peak. Taliban increased its control over the vast land of Afghanistan, where the war extended to larger cities, collapsed some of them by Taliban. Kunduz …
Read More »“Mountains and rivers link Afghanistan and China”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s message to his Afghan counterpart Idrees Zaman on occasion of 65th anniversary of establishment of Sino-Afghan diplomatic relations “His Excellency Mr. Idrees Zaman Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Your Excellency, As the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of …
Read More »Watchdog blames govt. for violence against journalists
AT News KABUL: A watchdog has alleged the government has perpetrated almost half of the violence against journalists in 2019 – including intimidation, beating and temporary detentions – just in rebuke of authorities’ pompous homilies about protection of journalists. “Out of 105 cases of violence, there are five murders, 18 …
Read More »Qaisari envisages to tighten grip on north zone security
AT News KABUL: Militia leader Nezamuddin Qaisari has asked the government to provide him with a 1,200-strong force to ensure northern borders, sources close to the government said, as reports say of negotiations between the government and Qaisari. Last year, the government launched a vast operation in Mazar-e-Sharif city, provincial …
Read More »Intra-Afghan talks to be held after Taliban-US peace deal
AT News KABUL: Negotiations between the government and Taliban would be held after a peace deal between militants and the United States, a political leader said. The negotiations called as intra-Afghan talks are said to be held in Germany after Chinese efforts to host the meeting did not work last …
Read More »Eight arrested for public order offenses in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Police in northern Baghlan province on Sunday detained eight people for carrying illegal weapons and public order offenses in the province. Provincial Police Chief, Mohammad Wais Samimi said “in series of two-day consecutive anti-crime crackdowns police have captured eight people for carrying weapons illegally in 1st PD …
Read More »21 insurgents killed in military ops
AT News KABUL: At least 21 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 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 Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Army weapons sold to Taliban in Farah, claims parliament delegation
AT News KABUL: A delegation appointed by the parliament to assess security forces’ condition in the western province of Farah, reports that weapons, equipment and vehicles belonged to army and police are sold to Taliban militants. The delegation said in parliament’s Saturday session that provincial administration and security forces were …
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