Afghanistan Times

Due to one or other reasons especially hostile attitude on the part of Pakistani authorities causing wide range unrest amongst Pakhtoons across the Durand Line. On one hand, Afghanistan and its people are ahead with worst kind of terror, violence and aggression from abroad and on the other the Pakhtoons …

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KABUL: Russia expressed optimism about resumption of peace negotiations between the US and Taliban to help in bringing the conflict to a peaceful resolution. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, has said that Moscow was positive about the resumption of talks on the U.S. troop withdrawal from …

KABUL: The Taliban are consistently taking heavy losses in the battlefield and military offensives and Afghanistan’s armed forces killed at least 56 militants and injured 22 others in crackdowns over past day. The Defense Ministry said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence service – NDS – said on Wednesday that it had killed the Taliban mastermind of a deadly attack on a military base in Maidan Wardak province. The Taliban commander was killed along with seven other terrorists in an ‘air strike’ on Tuesday night. Intelligence forces found whereabouts …

KABUL: As many as 1,000 tons of fish is produced every year from the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, said officials on Wednesday. Agriculture Directorate of southern Helmand province said that 1,350 tons of fish meat is produced from the Helmand River. Agriculture Head Zalmai Alkozai said that some 260 …

KABUL: In the midst of the Afghan peace journey and US envoy’s negotiations with Taliban in Qatar, the High Peace Council says that peace process is in need of a trilateral agreement between the United States, Afghanistan and the Taliban. Peace Council member Abdul Hakim Mujahid said peace should be …

AT-KABUL: The general manager of the chamber of commerce and industries for the regional economic cooperation organization in Afghanistan calls on the leaders of the Afghan government to consider the figures presented at the at the annual conference in economic growth and development in order to be able to take …

 AT-KABUL: Changes in the system of electoral commission are imminent, said head of the body, adding that no changes would be brought to its leadership. Abdul Badee Sayyad said Wednesday that bringing changes in the independent election commission would make fresh problems instead of lifting the previous ones. He offered …

AT-KABUL: A U.S. service member have been killed on Tuesday in a firefight with the militants in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan—marking the second American soldier casualty in this year. The soldier was hit by small-arms fire in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan, north of Kandahar, said military spokesman Col. Dave Butler.  The shooting …