AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai congratulated March 8th, International Women’s Day to all Afghan women, paying respects to women’s position. “Surely a nationwide peace causes maintaining women’s rights and their progresses. Women of our country will be able to have further access to their rights in a …
Read More »Uprising militias lacking weapons in south
AT News Report KABUL: Militias of the public uprising movement in Nangarhar province complain of problems they are facing, and say they lack enough weapons in fight against government’s armed opposition groups. They say that some of districts in Nangarhar were cleared of armed opposition groups and people enjoy peaceful …
Read More »Death toll rises to 11 in Kabul mortar attack; 95 others wounded
AT News Report KABUL: The death toll of Thursday’s mortar attack on a gathering in west of Kabul jumps to 11, while 95 people were injured, interior ministry said. Nasrat Rahimi, interior ministry’s deputy spokesman said Friday that there were three women among the dead and 12 others among the …
Read More »Women must be part of all talks about future of Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations in Afghanistan on Friday marks International Women’s Day, which is being observed globally under the theme “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change,” putting innovation at the centre of efforts to build solutions that work for women and girls and achieve gender equality. …
Read More »“US continues supporting Afghan women”
AT News Report KABUL: In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, U.S. Ambassador John Bass hosted the “Generations of Change” luncheon focused on facilitating mentoring relationships between different generations of female Afghan leaders, US embassy in Kabul said in a statement sent to Afghanistan. At the event, Ambassador …
Read More »Current conditions ‘don’t merit’ troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: US
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, has said that the current political situation in Afghanistan and the status of negotiations with the Taliban currently underway “don’t merit” a troop withdrawal, despite President Donald Trump’s goal of a drawdown. “These decisions have …
Read More »Stoltenberg to Taliban: “You can’t win militarily”
AT News Report KABUL: In his briefing to mediamen on Friday, the NATO Secretary General Jeans Stoltenberg said alliance presence in Afghanistan was to create condition for peace, with clear message to the Taliban that the group would not win on the battlefield. Addressing reporters alongside Polish president, Stoltenberg said …
Read More »OIC condemns terrorist attack in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has strongly condemned the terrorist attack carried out at a gathering in the Afghan capital, Kabul, attended by several Afghan political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani among others. The mortar attack …
Read More »Opinion: No return to darkness
By Dr. Zia Nezam March 8th marks the 44th annual International Women’s Day, since its adoption by the United Nations in 1975. The significance of this celebration is very important for Afghan women, because of current peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban. Afghan men and, especially, women …
Read More »Qatar talks entering 13th day, Taliban says ‘extensive discussions” continue
AT News Report KABUL: The fifth round of peace talks between US and the Taliban has entered to its 13-day today (Saturday) which is the longest discussion ever comparing to past four round of talks, where according to the Taliban “extensive discussions” still going on. Taliban group in a statement …
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