Afghanistan Times

“Freedom of speech and freedom of media is one of the most important achievements of Afghanistan and is our red line,” Second VP Danish said AT News KABUL: Second Vice President (VP), Sarwar Danish has said that the government is not seeking to limit the media law and freedom of …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has offered his heartiest congratulations to Afrasiab Khattak for receiving prestigious ‘Khushal Khan Khattak Poetry Award’ for shis book of poems ‘Nawi Tegh’. “I am offering my best wishes to dear friend Afrasiab Khattak for being awarded by Pakistani literature academy with the …

AT News KABUL: People in the mountainous province of Kunar saved three baby leopards in the mountain forests and handed them over to the local government, provincial officials said Tuesday. The provincial governor’s office said that the baby leopards were saved in the forests of Dara-e-Pech district. It said that …

AT News KABUL: The representatives from Afghanistan, the United States and Russian Federation in a meeting, called on Taliban to include a durable cease fire in the peace negotiations with the government supposed to begin within a couple of weeks in Qatar. The Russian and American representatives welcomed the release …

AT News KABUL: The government calls on the Taliban to immediately join peace negotiations, while the insurgent group insists on the release of the remaining 2,000 prisoners of them in government jails. Javid Faisal, Spokesman for the National Security Council, said Tuesday that the process of prisoner release continues, urging …

AT News KABUL: Officials at the provincial council of western Ghor province have expressed their deep frustration over the intensification of insecurity in Passaband district of the province, saying that the district would fall into the Taliban if the government didn’t take any action to quell the threat. A member …

AT News KABUL: Taliban leadership is considering changing its peace committee and forging a new team ahead of peace talks with the Afghan government scheduled for June 29th, a Pakistani newspaper said. A senior militant official has said in condition of anonymity that Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhondzada’s appointing Mullah …

AT News KABUL: At least five children died and four others were wounded when a mortar fired by Taliban militants hit a house in Ghazni province, local officials said. Provincial Governor’s spokesman, Wahidullah Juma said that a mortal fire on Monday night targeted a residential house in Asfinda area of …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Times newspaper lost one of its members Setara Dilawari this week. Dilawari was part of our editorial advisory board who contributed immensely to our effort to become the leading English newspaper in Afghanistan. She was an active member of Afghanistan Times’ editorial board for many years …

AT News KABUL: As part of the traditional practice of tribal decision, the residents in Mandozai district of southern Khost has burst the house of an alleged murderer into flames after he and his five associates had killed seven members of his own family over property dispute. Provincial security officials …