Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL:  Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jinsong held talks with Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister, where he greeted Andisha Afghan New Year and congratulated him on being appointed as the head of the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN Office in Geneva. …

AT News Report KABUL: Russia has asked the warring parties in Afghanistan to cease hostilities rather strive for a genuine peace to be prevailed in the country. Russia’s Foreign Minister Spokesman, Maria Zakharova in a briefing on recent development in Afghanistan on Tuesday said that they have noted a considerable …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: In fallout from a feud over U.S.-Taliban peace talks, a senior U.S. diplomat has told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that U.S. officials will no longer deal with his national security adviser, four knowledgable sources told Reuters on Monday. The decision to end U.S. contacts with Hamdullah …

AT News Report KABUL: After Moscow peace talks—a kind of first intra-Afghan talks, where a number of Afghan political parties and influential figures met and held comprehensive talks with Taliban negotiating team to bring an end to the prolong war, the second round of talks between them is set to …

The seven Indian engineers were kidnapped by Taliban militants in the restive northern Baghlan province on May 6 last year. India has been requesting the Afghan government to secure release of the Indians. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Ten months after being kidnapped in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, one of the seven Indians …

AT News Reports KABUL: The National Unity Government has given 3-month ultimate to the security sectors to clear Afghanistan from illegal armed groups and invidious who are posing great threat to safety of Afghan traders and common masses. President Ashraf Ghani talked about illegal armed groups and people in a …

AT News Report KABUL: Officials in western Herat province said at least 13 people, including women and children have died in flash floods started from Monday night. Provincial Governor Spokesman Jailani Farhad told Afghanistan Times on Tuesday that since Monday till now, 13 people including four women and three children …

AT News Report KABUL: A newly established council for peace on Tuesday has expressed its optimistic regarding ceasefire agreement to be topped on the agenda of resumption peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban group.  The Council for Support of Peace and Fundamental Rights (CSPFR), a newly …

AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Interior said Monday that a female member of parliament who slapped a police officer in Kabul, the capital city, would be probed seriously for her unlawful act thorough legal channels.  Kabul police spokesman, BasirMujahid said police stopped vehicle of ParwinDurrain to search in …

AT News Report KABUL: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) expresses concerns over weak management in the electoral commissions, saying that the presidential election would not be held timely if the commissions do not pay attention to its administrative corruption. Mohammad Naim Ayoubzada head of TEFA on Monday called …