AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India is expected to supply four gunship helicopters to Afghanistan by July, with the deliveries falling almost a year behind schedule, people familiar with developments told Indian media on Tuesday. As first reported by Hindustan Times in March 2018, Afghanistan, Belarus and India had inked a …
Read More »HPC officials yet to invite in Qatar talks
AT News Reports KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) says that its delegations have not been officially invited to the intra-Afghan meeting that possibly to be held on 15 or 16 April in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Habiba Sarabi, Deputy of High Peace Council said the meeting would …
Read More »Four civilians freed from Taliban jail in Helmand
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan spy agency says at least four civilians have been released from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province after a rescue operation carried out by its operatives on Tuesday. National Directorate of Security (NDS) Special Unit conducted a preemptive crackdown in Khansheen district of the …
Read More »EU calls for Afghan ceasefire
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has called on the Taliban group to agree for a truce with the Afghan government; and also expressed EU’s supports to the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process. She said …
Read More »Editorial: Corruption in trading
Though terror and violence is considered major issues in already war-torn Afghanistan but the increasing trend of corruption on the part of officials and politically backed high ups could be a sever threat to the very future of countrymen. In particular, bilateral trade with neighboring countries, and some of Central …
Read More »Frustrated strategic allies united on war, divided on peace with Taliban
Division on peace among Afghan government and the US administration became public after the recent 16 days’ lengthy peace talks between the US and the Taliban that ended on 12th March in Qatar without disclosure of details to the Afghan government, which is a strategic ally in the war on …
Read More »“NUG has no legitimacy after May 22”
AT News Report KABUL: The National Unity Government (NUG) has no legitimacy after May 22, and in the surface of already delay in holding presidential election on its due time, interim-government, or caretaker is the priority, said a presidential candidate on Monday while briefing a gathering in Balkh province. Haneef …
Read More »NATO, allies support Afghan peace process
AT News Report KABUL: Senior NATO member said that all partners of the alliance willing to see the current peace push to be succeeded, and they fully back the US push for peace and reconciliation in the war-hit country. NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Nicholas Kay says this during a …
Read More »Key Taliban member arrested in Nangarhar
AT Report News KABUL: A senior member of the Taliban group along with his three associates had been detained during a crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Monday. According to the Interior Ministry, Mullah Turab a senior Taliban member detained in an …
Read More »IED explosion wounds six in Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: At least six people, including children and women received injures after a bomb exploded in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday morning, provincial official said. An Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) went off at around 9:00am local time in 1st PD in front of Kamran Plaza in Jalalabad …
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