AT Monitoring desk-KABUL: Some 120,000 tons of commodities were transited to Afghanistan from southeastern Iranian Port of Chabahar over the past 14 months, according to deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran. Mohammad-Ali Hassanzadeh said that the shipments to the Port of Chabahar, mostly wheat and cereal, are …

KABUL: In the midst of the strenuous peace talks, Afghanistan Peace House (APH) has called on the government to entitle women and social activists to have a space and take active part in the peace process. The council on Saturday said the government should categorically refrain from brokering clandestine deals …

KABUL: Members of parliament call on Taliban militants to abandon war and join the intra-Afghan peace dialogues. The legislators on Saturday also asked the insurgents not to give chance to the world including Afghanistan’s neighboring nations to get advantage from the war in the country, and they should focus on …

KABUL: The governments of Afghanistan and the United States are in deep discord over a delay in the next year’s presidential polls, a government source revealed on Saturday. The source who wished to speak anonymously told Kabul News that President Ghani’s administration has agreed a three-month delay, while the foreigners …

AT Monitoring Desk-Donald Trump hasn’t ordered the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, a White House spokesman said, contradicting reports last week that he’s directed the military to pull 7,000 soldiers out of a conflict he’s long criticized. “The president has not made a determination to drawdown U.S. military presence …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former German Defense Chief General Harald Kujat warned that a probable American military withdrawal from Afghanistan may jeopardize German troops and force them to leave. “If the United States reduces itself to a small contingent in Afghanistan there’s no reason for us to continue the mission anymore,” …

KABUL: With the country striving to get reconciled with the militant Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani in a telephonic conversation with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudtouted the kingdom’s role in helping advancing the peace talks. President Ghani praised Saudi Arabia’s role and termed it important to promote peace and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior leader of KP based party “Awami National Party (ANA)” has put the ongoing peace talks sans inclusion of the Afghan government as a futile exercise. Addressing a function organized by the Bacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation at the University of Peshawar, the ANP central general …

Authorities in Afghanistan are investigating allegations that senior male officials have sexually and physically assaulted members of the national women’s soccer team. Attorney General’s Office has started issuing overseas travel bans over Afghanistan Football Federation president Keramuddin Karim and four other federation members after graphic details emerged of alleged sexual …

KABUL: The High Peace Council believes that the upcoming conference in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah city could be the beginning of a hope for the government of Afghanistan. A conference of Afghan peace process is set to be held next week in Jeddah. “I hope we have some developments in the …