Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amid reports on a possible withdrawal of a “significant” number of US forces from Afghanistan, the US Vice President Mike Pence said Trump “is in the process of evaluating” whether to remove troops from Afghanistan. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Fox News. The …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan briefed India on Friday on the security situation in the war-ravaged nation and efforts of the National Unity Government aimed at peace and reconciliation. Visiting Afghan National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib held wide-ranging talks with India’s NSA Ajit Doval during which they exchanged views on the developments …

 The President of the United States Mr. Donald Trump has made angry Afghanistan and India by making some irresponsible remarks regarding ongoing violent and uncertain situation in Afghanistan. Trump, at a cabinet meeting insisted on regional countries’ role in Afghanistan and said Russia, India and Pakistan should be fighting in Afghanistan, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said that his country strongly supports peace and stability in Afghanistan, adding that Tehran’s talks with the Taliban are being held in coordination with Kabul. Before meeting with the Taliban delegation, we held talks with the Afghan government, Mahmoud …

Afghanistan government has named Adela Raz as new representative to United Nation couple of days back. Earlier Adela Raz was serving as Deputy Foreign Minister. It seems that in the light of her satisfactory performances as Deputy Foreign Minister Raz was assigned the task to serve Afghanistan as its Permanent …

AT-KABUL: The government says it will not attend the upcoming Jeddah conference in Saudi Arabia, demanding a “strong guarantee”. The Jeddah conference follows the earlier one held in the United Arab Emirates’ city of Abu Dhabi in which Taliban delegation met with representatives from the United States, Saudi and Pakistan, …

KABUL: At least 29 extremist Taliban militants including two key commanders were killed in northern Faryab province over the past day, according to officials. Afghan forces raided and bombed militant hideouts along the highway of Shirin Tagab and Khwaja Sabz Posh area, killing at least 29 Taliban insurgents including two …

KABUL: At least 27 militants were killed and 10 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …

KABUL: Exports of merchandise grew by 19 per cent over past nine months of 2018, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. Exports increased by 19 percent in 2018 compared to the preceding year, said the ministry in a statement on Wednesday. Increasing facilitation, capacity …

AT-KABUL: A large number of residents from eastern Paktia province on Wednesday staged protest after they lost their six kin in an Afghan night raid. They chanted anti-night raids slogan and demanded an immediate halt to the military operations causing civilian casualties.   Time and again, the Afghan and foreign …