Afghanistan Times

AT News Reports KABUL: In the midst of the controversial peace talks, head of the high peace council’s secretariat Mohammad Umer Daudzai urged on persevering of freedom of speech in the peace process. Daudzai who was speaking with head of Afghan media outlets on Sunday, said that the high peace …

AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday released report over Afghan conflict, in which civilian deaths hit highest record in 2018.  According to report more civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict last year than at any time since records have been kept, …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban designated-shadow district governor for Lalpur district of eastern Nangarhar province was killed in raid conducted by the Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security. A statement from provincial government media office said Sunday Sher Zaman was killed along with his one comrade while two …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The presence of foreign troops is complementary to peace efforts in Afghanistan, a top NATO official told Salam Watandar in an exclusive interview. Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, has said first there is a need for the peace deal, and then negotiators have …

Amidst resuming of talks between US Special Envoy and Taliban leaders at Doha, Qatar from Monday, former President Hamid Karzai has shown sever resentment over targeting of civilian population in military’s retaliatory actions against what the government called militants. The talks believed to be results oriented in the wake of …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Afghanistan where it is no more a landlocked country, has sent first shipment of the Afghan goods to India through Chabahar commercial port on Sunday since the port fictionalize year ago. The convoy is included 23 trucks carrying 570 tons of goods that would reach India …

AT News Report KABUL: Acting defense minister Asadullah Khaled met with Sushma Swaraj, Indian minister for external affairs in New Delhi, where both sides discussed several issues of mutual interest, including security cooperation, defense ministry said Sunday. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation, according to a statement released by the …

AT News Reports KABUL: Meetings held between Taliban and US officials with one scheduled to be held today (Monday) in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, do not help intra-Afghan dialogues, political analysts say. The Afghan Institute of War and Peace says such meetings could not pave the ground for …

Amidst resuming of talks between US Special Envoy and Taliban leaders at Doha, Qatar from Monday, former President Hamid Karzai has shown sever resentment over targeting of civilian population in military’s retaliatory actions against what the government called militants. The talks believed to be results oriented in the wake of …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation is expecting to hold talks with Mullah Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s number two and the group’s deputy leader for political affair—just days after reports were doing round that Baradar will miss next round of peace talks in Qatar …