Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday commended Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon’s ‘positive remarks’ regarding Afghanistan, saying Tajikistan has always been a good neighbor. In a statement, Hamid Karzai said: “During my fourteen years of service, we had very good and fraternal relations with Tajikistan, and especially with …
Read More »Uzbekistan spurns asylum for US’s Afghan allies
AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan has apparently rejected a US request for it to grant temporary asylum for Afghans who worked with Americans and are awaiting special immigration visas. The United States has recently asked Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to grant temporary asylum to 9,000 Afghans who have worked with Western …
Read More »Taliban: No peace until Ghani is in power
AT News KABUL: The Taliban group says there will be no peace in Afghanistan unless President Ashraf Ghani is removed from power and a new government is established in Kabul. A spokesman for the insurgents, who is also a member of the group’s negotiating team, Suhail Shaheen was quoted by …
Read More »Taliban driven out of key district as war simmers
AT News KABUL: Afghan troops have recaptured Karokh district in western Herat which was attacked by the Taliban, officials said. Civilian forces deployed assisted the army in the operation to push the Taliban out of the district Friday morning. At least fifteen Taliban militants were killed and 20 of them …
Read More »U.S. failed in Afghanistan, here is to know why?
By Rafiullah Anwari I remember my childhood in the village. My family has just returned home-Afghanistan from a Pakistani refugee camp. I could see the grimy picture around- which the Soviet-Union and Civil war left behind there. But there was still hope and joy for a better future and better …
Read More »Afghanistan sees quick decrease in Covid-19 cases
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said that it has recorded 378 new cases and 49 deaths across the country, which reveals a sharp decrease in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 1,759 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, …
Read More »Afghan, Taliban negotiators meet in Qatar
AT News KABUL: As violent fighting remains unabated in Afghanistan, a high-ranking delegation of the Afghan government and the Taliban representatives held high-stakes talks in Doha on Saturday after constant failures to broker a peace deal. The talks have lost momentum with the Taliban making battlefield gains, undermining months of …
Read More »A glimmer of hope rises as peace delegation visited Doha
A high level delegation of peace negotiations, led by chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, traveled to Qatar to meet with the Taliban representatives, discussing ways of meaningful peace negotiations. There have been several meetings held between the Afghan negotiating team and the Taliban delegation but …
Read More »Afghanistan receives first airspace surveillance radars
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan was handed over the first package of surveillance radars on Saturday, said the Civil Aviation Authority, a measure which will help foster airspace control and prevent from imminent militant attacks. Delivered at part of a €112m contract with Thales French Company, the radars will be installed …
Read More »284 militants killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 284 militants were killed and 205 were wounded since Friday after Afghan forces pounded the Taliban sanctuaries across Afghanistan. Afghan security forces staged counterassaults and engaged in clashes with the Taliban in Nangarhar, Ghazni, Khost, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, Balkh, Helmand, Takhar and …
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