Afghanistan Times

A security scare happened in the capital as Afghans celebrated the country’s 101st Independence Day. At least 10, including children and women, were injured as more than a dozen mortar shells slammed into various parts of Kabul on Tuesday morning. Despite some other security incidents across the country, zealous Afghans …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan health ministry on Tuesday said that 43 new covid-19 patients were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally of virus to 37,719 across the country since the outbreak of the virus started nearly six months ago. Four patients have lost their lives …

AT News The President of China, Xi Jinping’s letter to President Ghani on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of Afghan Independence: “I would like to extend, on behalf of the Chinese government and people and in my own name, warmest congratulations and best wishes to you and through you …

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) has announced the killing of Abdullah Orakzai, the chief justice of Islamic State (IS), known as Daesh terrorist group in an operation. Orakzai was leading battles in Nazyan and Achin districts of Nangarhar province, NDS said in a statement on Tuesday. However, …

Even, after the Consultative Loya Jirga called for the release of 400 of the remaining 5,000 Taliban prisoners, the insurgents denied to recognize the government of Afghanistan—in tit for tat, the government said the Taliban are not representing any tribe in the country. This as the Taliban claims to have …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad once again called on the Afghan warring sides to accelerate efforts for peace and engage into direct negotiations. In a series of tweet on Saturday, Khalilzad condemned the attack on a member of government peace negotiation team, …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security and defense forces began the second military maneuver along the zero-point in Durand Line near to Pakistan in a week, this time in the southern areas. Officials in Kandahar province, where the drills are going on, said that it is launched in the Spin Boldak …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s office claims that Taliban insurgents enjoy support from no tribes or ethnicities, so they cannot represent any tribe. The statement comes in reaction to a Taliban allegation that the upcoming peace talks would not be a meeting between Afghan government and the militants, but it …

AT News KABUL: Ranchmen in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed a leopard by poison, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place in the Dara-e-Parang of the Durbaba district, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said on Sunday. He said that the ranchmen killed the leopard after it killed some of their …

AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation, a government-run body responsible for peace efforts, says that some foreign states are not happy with the release of 400 Taliban prisoners from government custody. President Ghani issued an order to release all the 400 inmates the Loya Jirga called to …