Afghanistan Times

Fighting continues in the 18-year-old Afghanistan war while peace remains elusive ever since the US earlier in September withdrew from a year-long series of talks with the Taliban whose main component was sealing a truce – which the parties into conflict failed to agree upon. With the Saturday’s election which …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 11 security forces have been killed or wounded after the Taliban militants attacked their headquarter in Shora Tapa district of northern Balk province, local officials said Tuesday. Balkh Police Spokesman, Monir Ahmad Farhad confirmed the clash, saying that the incident took place on Monday …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai, and other world leaders, past and present, on Monday gathered in Paris to attend the funeral ceremony of Jacques Chirac, the former president of France. Former president fled to Paris to extend his profound condolences and sympathies with the government of French …

AT News Report KABUL: “Efforts are being made to challenge election process, but the commission has approaches to separate reliable votes from unreliable votes,” an official at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Monday. The statements come after videos of allegedly fraud went viral. “We had 200 temporary employees, from …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tajikistan has turned over to Kabul 48 Afghan citizens who were serving prison terms in the Central Asian nation. Tajik officials said the majority of those who were handed over to Afghanistan at the Lower Pang border checkpoint on September 30 were serving terms in Tajik …

AT News Report KABUL: The ministry of defense on Monday turned down the report about the collapse of Baharak and Khwajaghar districts of northernTakhar province. The ministry said in a statement the clashes were going on between the security forces and Taliban in these two districts and that soon the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: In an interview on Monday, the US top commander to Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller has hailed the coordination among the military leadership to secure the Saturday’s presidential election. While congratulating the Afghans for participating in the election, Miller said, “the security forces performed very, very well.” …

AT News Report KABUL: The European Union (EU)has called on the Afghan electoral bodies to keep their impartiality regarding announcing of the presidential election’s results. On 28th September, Afghans approached polling stations across Afghanistan and according to Independent Election Commission, so far two million people counted to have casted their …

Just days after the presidential ballot – mainly seen as a two-horse race between President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah – which featured 13 candidates, each of the two front-running teams has boasted of their victory well ahead of the official results. Running mate of President Ghani says that …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 103 militants have been killed and 60 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …