AT News Reports KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani calls poverty the main challenge for women in the country, saying that tremendous efforts needed to be made to fight it. Addressing the ceremony of celebrating Women’s International Day on Sunday in the presidential palace, Ghani said that important steps should be …

AT News Report KABUL: At least seven civilians were killed in a military operation carried out jointly by Afghan and foreign forces in Paktika province, local residents said Sunday. Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned the operations that inflict casualties on civilians, calling it a cruel act. Officials in Paktika denied …

AT News Report KABUL: A second round of intra-Afghan talks is to be held at the end of the negotiations between US officials and Taliban representatives underway in Qatar, reports say. The Afghan politicians who sat with Taliban negotiating team in Moscow, would hold another round of talks once the …

AT News Report KABUL: Haneef Atmar, one of candidates for July’s presidential elections accuses the national unity government of deceiving people by opening some projects which were already inaugurated. He also claimed that the government is irresponsibly treating with the people, saying it has lost many golden chances. “The government …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned military operations and airstrikes that inflicted casualties on civilians in the provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Wardak. The ex-president expressed his deep concerns over the attacks, calling it “cruel act”. “While peace efforts are going on and have had progresses …

AT News Report KABUL: The iron smelting association alleges that some mafia groups were attempting to destroy the industry in Afghanistan, though significant investments have been carried out and the industry’s activities are now comparable to the region. Parviz Khwaja, head of the association said on Sunday that even inside …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence agency says it has detained a would-be suicide bomber and his guider before to reach their target in Kabul on Sunday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its intelligence operatives conducted a preemptive operation and apprehended a would-be suicide bomber along with his …

AT News Report KABUL: An organizer of the recent terror attack in eastern Nangarhar province was killed by operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS). Recently five Daesh militants carried out terror attack against MQ Construction Company in Behsood district, in which 16 workers of the company embraced martyrdom …

AT News Report KABUL: Kabul police say they have detained a group of three robbers in a fresh crackdown carried out in the capital city. The ministry of interior said police detained a group of three robbers involved in vehicle stealing. The ministry identified arrested robbers as Nasir Ahmad, Jawid …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan has topped among 180 countries to restrain the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. An official of the WHO said on Saturday that Afghanistan managed to prevent the expansion of the HIV. “Let me say that Afghan government’s strategy …