AT News Report KABUL: A landslide in eastern Kunar province has killed three children and five other people received injures, an official said Friday. Provincial Governor Spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said the incident occurred when the landslide swept a house in Asadabad, the provincial capital on Thursday night as result …
Read More »Kandahar blast leaves a civilian dead
AT News Report KABUL: A blast as a result of landmine occurred in Shawalikot district of southern Kandahar province, in which a civilian was killed and four other, from a single family were received injures, security officials said Friday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Tadin Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News a …
Read More »Germany extends military mandate for Afghan mission
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Germany’s parliament has granted a one-year extension of its military mandate for Afghanistan, allowing the country’s first major post-war troop deployment to continue until March 31, 2020. The approval allows Germany’s military, the Bundeswehr, which are mostly deployed in the north of Afghanistan, to keep up …
Read More »Editorial: Killing is no solution
Now when the peace talks between US Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad and Qatar-based Taliban leaders entered into a decisive stage, the Middle East Eye (MEE) – a website news source made some ironic disclosures. It states, “Mohammed bin Zayed, the UAE crown prince proposed to set up an assassination …
Read More »Daesh can’t create division among regional countries by evil acts
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi denounced the recent attack by ISIS (Daesh) terrorists on Nowruz ceremonies in Kabul. Qasemi sympathized with Afghan government, people and the bereaved families of the victims of the inhuman act which resulted in killing and injuring defenseless and innocent people, …
Read More »Abu Dhabi crown prince ‘proposed killing Taliban leaders’: report
Bin Zayed told Pompeo US pullout risked Afghanistan falling into hands of ‘bearded bad guys’, Middle East Eye reports. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Mohammed bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, proposed to set up an assassination program targeting top Taliban leaders during a meeting with the top US diplomat earlier this …
Read More »Two US soldiers killed in operation in Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: The US forces and Resolute Support Mission say two American soldiers have been killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday. The US and NATO Resolute Support mission furthered the Americans were killed while conducting an operation on Friday, but did not provide further information about the exact location …
Read More »Editorial: Journalists Day
Media personnel in war stricken Afghanistan have observed the Journalist National Day amidst mourning losses of scores of colleagues, including Sultan Mahmood Khairkhwa killed in Khost province on previous Friday. In connection with the Journalist Day, gatherings arranged in Kabul, Jalalabad and other places, whereas the participants besides mourning losses …
Read More »Kabul, Beijing backing interconnectedness, free trade
AT News Report KABUL: Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jinsong held talks with Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister, where he greeted Andisha Afghan New Year and congratulated him on being appointed as the head of the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN Office in Geneva. …
Read More »Moscow to warring parties: Strive for a genuine peace
AT News Report KABUL: Russia has asked the warring parties in Afghanistan to cease hostilities rather strive for a genuine peace to be prevailed in the country. Russia’s Foreign Minister Spokesman, Maria Zakharova in a briefing on recent development in Afghanistan on Tuesday said that they have noted a considerable …
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