Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Idrees Zaman met with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad, where they discussed ways of improving bilateral ties between the neighboring countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in a statement on Tuesday. The two sides discussed expansion of diplomatic, …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of presidential runners have threatened to boycott the September presidential race if the government didn’t meet their demands over a transparent election. A council made of these candidates said Monday in a statement that the government continues “illegal” job especially on appointing and firing …

AT News Report KABUL: Tensions in the newly-opened parliament is still a big problem with MPs mostly newcomers failing to elect a speaker. A number of the parliamentarians said Monday that the government was meddling parliament affairs, while the executive power doesn’t have the rights to do so. Lawmaker, Gholam …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Counter-Narcotic Police (CNP) have arrested a person on charge of transporting 238 kg marijuana to Rodat district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials. The police had received intelligence briefing in advance that the drug was on the way to be transported to another district …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 43 insurgents, 12 commanders of Haqqani Terrorist Network among them, have been killed in separate operations carried out by National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in southern Khost and eastern Nangarhar provinces, the spy agency said Monday in a statement. The Special Forces Unit …

“As Afghan peace talks continue to progress, we agreed preparation for intra-Afghan negotiations now is essential” AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met and discussed ways how to put a full stop to the ongoing violence. Khalilzad arrived …

AT News Report KABUL:  Some lawyers and anti-corruption agencies on Monday have voiced concerns and lashed out at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) for inordinately delaying a multimillion dollar meat embezzlement case at the ministry. Haji Malak Rasa, Head of the Shuja Abdara and Hamid Company and the “Meat Contractor” …

AT News Report KABUL: Network of solar system project has been inaugurated in eastern Nangarhar province to supply clean and drinking water to 260 households. The projected opened in Kunar district of the province, where local officials said the UNHCR spent 2.8 million Afghani to build a network of solar …

The United States Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, working on very hard task of reconciliation in Afghanistan is again reached in Kabul after stops in Islamabad, Berlin, and Brussels. Soon after his arrival in Kabul, Khalilzad said, that he will “stay here for some time on this trip” and that he will …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Daesh militant group is looking to expand its reach in Afghanistan’s north and east and has increased its recruitment activities in the country to stage an attack on the US and the western countries, The Associated Press reported, quoting some Afghan and American officials. A …