AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met with the visiting Uzbek delegation, led by Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, where they discussed in detail progress made in the Afghan peace process and future steps in regards. Ustad Mohammad Mohaqiq, Haji Din Mohammad, Uzbek’s Special Representative for …
Read More »Helmand airstrike leaves 14 Taliban dead
AT News Report KABUL:At least 14 Taliban insurgents have been killed and three others wounded during an airstrikes conducted by the foreign forces in southern Helmand province, official said Sunday. Resolute Support Mission (RSM) air forces targeted enemy’s hideout in Matkai area of Nadlai district at around 12:00pm local time …
Read More »14 militants killed in Farah
AT News Report KABUL: At least 14 insurgents have been killed and 10 others received injures during crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in western Farah province, security officials said Sunday. The Afghan National Police conducted clearance operation since three days in different villages of Posht Rod district, in …
Read More »“School children sexual harassment is shocking”
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission reports of sexual harassment of children at schools and seminaries, calling it shocking and a matter of concern. “There is no law regarding the prevention of children sexual harassment at schools and madrasas so that schools and madrasas come under surveillance. …
Read More »People cut barbed-wire stretched by Pakistan along Durand Line
AT News Report KABUL: People in the tribal area of Waziristan have cut barbed-wire drawn by Pakistani army along the Durand Line which Islamabad recognizes as official border line with Afghanistan. People in Waziristan say that only they and other Pashtoons living on the two sides of the line have …
Read More »Taliban capture Badakhshan district
AT News Report KABUL: After a 24-hour fighting between Taliban and national security and defense forces in the northeastern Badakhshan province,the militants captured the Arghanjkhowa district on Friday night, said local officials. Nik Mohammad Nazari, provincial spokesman said that the security forces havetactically retreated from the district to avoid civilian …
Read More »Govt. to fine companies providing poor-quality communication services
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA), a government agency supervising telecommunication services, has ordered the private telecommunication companies to correct their activities and provide high-quality call and internet services to the people, otherwise, it says would penalize them. Officials at the authority said that in a …
Read More »Ceasefire in Doha talks: Difficult to agree and more difficult to implement
Whatever type of ceasefire is negotiated in Doha, it would have two basic ingredients: (i) moratorium on all types of attacks by all parties, here the Government and the Taliban cessation of hostilities, and (ii) initiation of process leading to political settlement. Both ingredients are not mutually exclusive and they …
Read More »ED: Terrorism, extremism – complex for Pakistan
The issues of extremism and terrorism are getting more complex for Pakistan as on one hand, the United States moves a fresh resolution on Jesh I Muhammad chief Maulana Masud Azhar in United Nations Security Council and on the other Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has shown disappointment over acts …
Read More »“Spring comes with intensifying war”
AT News Reports KABUL: The spring have come out with a new war season for the insurgents after they intensified subversive and terroristic activities on military conveys, checkpoints and bases across the country. Badakhshan, Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Kunar, Paktika, Badghis, Farah and Faryab are provinces that have been stuck in …
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