AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Geneva conference serves as an important opportunity for both to review Afghans’ progress and to start planning for that future, the United States said as its top diplomats met President Ashraf Ghani in the summit on Tuesday. The Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale is …

Kabul: Nearly 100 firearms have been surrendered to the Disarmed Illegal Armed Group in eastern Nangarhar province, according to authorities. Nangarhar Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said the Taliban militants surrendered their arms to the intelligence and security forces through reconciliation programs and many weapons were recovered in military raids against …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has formed a 12-strong negotiating team to seek a peace agreement with the Taliban, as he laid out what he called a “roadmap” for the talks. “We seek a peace agreement in which the Afghan Taliban would be included in …

AT Monition Desk-KABUL: The sea and rail networks of Iran are necessary for Afghanistan development, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. ‘Iran’s sea and rail links, including Chabahar, are essential for Afghan development,’ Zarif said addressing the international conference on Afghanistan which was held in Geneva on Wednesday. The …

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday formally laid foundation stone of Kartarpur corridor construction/establishment, which will be another international level border point between Pakistan and India. Both the neighbouring countries are considered each other’s erstwhile enemies and construction of a new corridor raises many questions. On one side Indian central …

Kabul: Police has arrested a group of six suspectsin connection with various crimes committed across the northern Kunduz province, officials said. Kunduz Police Chief Abdul Baqi Nuristani said in a statement that crime investigation operatives arrested6 suspects in connection with murder, robbery and several other counts of offenses in Nawahi …

KABUL: Residents in southern Helmand province claimed on Wednesday that an airstrike by armed forces in Garmsir district has killed 30 civilians on Tuesday evening. The airstrike was launched on Tuesday morning and residents said all the victims were members of a single family. Only one member of the family, …

KABUL: Almond yields have increased by 40 percent in northern Kunduz province this year, said officials. According to a statement Acting Head of Provincial Agriculture Department of Kunduz Mohammad Muneer during an agro fair said that almond production mounting by 40 percent in Kunduz province. He termed supportive program of …

By Imtiaz Wazir-On November 15 when took the cadaver of Tahir Dawar with public and official protocol from Jalalabad to Turkham, the convoy was stopped in about one km from the crossing point on Durand line, and I with three other colleagues walked to the crossing point where we met …

AT-KABUL: Director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) criticizes the release of a militia commander earlier arrested for doing “illegal” acts, as law breaking. Massoum Stanekzai told senators Tuesday that he could not continue working in such condition. Alipoor, commander of a militia group was arrested Sunday by intelligence …