AT Monitoring Desk Holding Pakistan responsible for the attack, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a statement that the US “condemns in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack by a Pakistan-based terrorist group”. The US on Thursday called on Pakistan to “end immediately” its support …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least 100,000 babies are dying every year as a result of wars according to a new report by save the children international charity, in which Afghanistan listed as among 10 worst countries to be a child. “Increasingly, the brunt of armed violence and warfare is …

AT News Report KUNDUZ: In its efforts to support public dialogue among Afghans about reconciliation, peace and human rights, UNAMA works closely with local media partners –not just in the provincial capitals but also at district-level. One of the districts where listeners have the benefit of a local radio station is …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Washington will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said on Thursday, as NATO said the Kabul government must be brought into US peace talks with the Taliban to end the country’s 17-year war. Acting US defense secretary Patrick Shanahan said any decision to reduce the number of …

AT News Report KABUL: Gen. Austin Scott Miller, Commander of US and NATO Forces in Afghanistan on Friday praised the Afghan Commands for pressurizing the Taliban insurgents by carrying out several operations against them, assuring of US and NATO’s troops to be remained a partner of Afghans in war and …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday called on President Asrhaf Ghani on the sideline of Munich Security Conference 2019, where they discussed current peace efforts including Consultative Loya Jiga (traditional grand assembly) to be convened next month to seek ways …

“Collective efforts require to root terrorism out” AT News Report KABUL: Terrorism is a cancer in the region and its elimination requires collective efforts, President Ashraf Ghani said this in reaction to a deadly terrorist attack in India that killed 37, wounding five others. President Ghani strongly condemned the terrorist …

AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of peace efforts with the Taliban group, the Afghan security forces have killed at least 37 of them and wound 14 others in fresh military crackdowns conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. The ministry of defense on Friday said the …

AT News Report KABUL: National Security Adviser, Dr. Hamdullah Mohib says that whoever uses weapons against Afghan people and government, is enemy and Afghans fight “bravely” against enemy.  ‏”The heroic security and defense forces have struggled to ensure security for the people in hard situations,” Mohib said on Wednesday when …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 24 militants have been killed and the same number received injures after the Afghan security forces attacked their hideouts across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday.  In a press release, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National …