Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban group should set in talks with the Afghan government without any preconditions, said Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on Friday. Addressing an event on peace, he called on the Taliban group to join peace talks without any preconditions. “Government is ready to help Taliban …

AT News Report KABUL: The son of an army soldier committed suicide in north of the country to protest government officials who failed to transport the body of his father home. Officials in Kunduz province confirmed on Friday that the young man ended his life inside the provincial police office …

AT News Report KABUL: People in Wardak province say that Afghan and foreign forces launch night operations there that make security problems for them. The residents say that the night raids mostly target helpless civilians instead of Taliban fighters. These people say that government officials do not pay attention to …

AT News Report KABUL: Sayed Shahabuddin Taimoori, ambassador to Uzbekistan has been dismissed from his post. Taimoori was serving as Afghan envoy in the Central Asian country for two years, but was fired by the government before completing his service term that is three years. Taimoori hosted a meeting held …

AT News Report KABUL: School students in the southern province of Kandahar complain of problems, mentioning lack of text books as an example. In Kandahar where students go to schools in winter because of warm weather, the educational year is in its second half, but most of the students do …

AT News Report KABUL: Former Afghan Ambassador to Islamabad, Omar Zakhilwal asks those involved in the peace efforts to avoid offering sensational messages, adding that the value of peace was much higher than power, position and personal interests. He emphasized that the red lines over the peace efforts should not …

AT News Report KABUL: Residents of the northern province of Jwazjan complain of the increasing joblessness there, criticizing the government for not paying attention to their condition. Some of the jobless people warn to hang themselves if the government remains silent and does not meet their problems. A large number …

“Inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue essential to advance pace push” AT News Report KABUL: The US and Russian Special Envoy for Peace in Afghanistan have backed and agreed all-inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue which is essential to advance the current peace efforts, where the next round of talks between US official and Taliban representative …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban’s new political chief and head of Qatar Political Office, Mullah Baradar, will miss next round of peace talks with the US delegation in Qatar due to some reasons, including lack of traveling documents that preventing him from traveling abroad, Taliban sources told Afghanistan Times. Baradar, …

Afghanistan since long years has been in a while of unending war, and unfettered turmoil, where peace is now like a distant dream. Even state of normalcy is far from expectation. It also been piled up in perpetual conflicts where peace and normalcy is far from the lens and seems …