AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday released report over Afghan conflict, in which civilian deaths hit highest record in 2018. According to report more civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict last year than at any time since records have been kept, …
Read More »Senior Taliban official killed in Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: Taliban designated-shadow district governor for Lalpur district of eastern Nangarhar province was killed in raid conducted by the Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security. A statement from provincial government media office said Sunday Sher Zaman was killed along with his one comrade while two …
Read More »‘Presence of foreign troops complementary to peace efforts’
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The presence of foreign troops is complementary to peace efforts in Afghanistan, a top NATO official told Salam Watandar in an exclusive interview. Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, has said first there is a need for the peace deal, and then negotiators have …
Read More »Editorial: Collateral losses, damages
Amidst resuming of talks between US Special Envoy and Taliban leaders at Doha, Qatar from Monday, former President Hamid Karzai has shown sever resentment over targeting of civilian population in military’s retaliatory actions against what the government called militants. The talks believed to be results oriented in the wake of …
Read More »First ever Afghan cargo embarks to India via Chabahar port
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Afghanistan where it is no more a landlocked country, has sent first shipment of the Afghan goods to India through Chabahar commercial port on Sunday since the port fictionalize year ago. The convoy is included 23 trucks carrying 570 tons of goods that would reach India …
Read More »Kabul’s Khaled, New Delhi’s Swaraj discuss security cooperation
AT News Report KABUL: Acting defense minister Asadullah Khaled met with Sushma Swaraj, Indian minister for external affairs in New Delhi, where both sides discussed several issues of mutual interest, including security cooperation, defense ministry said Sunday. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation, according to a statement released by the …
Read More »Qatar meetings don’t help intra-Afghan dialogue and ceasefire: Analysts
AT News Reports KABUL: Meetings held between Taliban and US officials with one scheduled to be held today (Monday) in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, do not help intra-Afghan dialogues, political analysts say. The Afghan Institute of War and Peace says such meetings could not pave the ground for …
Read More »ED: Collateral losses, damages
Amidst resuming of talks between US Special Envoy and Taliban leaders at Doha, Qatar from Monday, former President Hamid Karzai has shown sever resentment over targeting of civilian population in military’s retaliatory actions against what the government called militants. The talks believed to be results oriented in the wake of …
Read More »Khalilzad likely to discuss Afghan peace with Mullah Baradar in Doha
AT News Report KABUL: The United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation is expecting to hold talks with Mullah Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s number two and the group’s deputy leader for political affair—just days after reports were doing round that Baradar will miss next round of peace talks in Qatar …
Read More »Govt invalidates expired weapon licenses
AT News Report KABUL: The government invalidated all weapon licenses that their date of use was expired, the interior ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry has also ordered police to collect the weapons with expired licenses from holders. Thousands of people have received weapon licenses from interior ministry in the …
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