AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan youth have kicked off a sit-in in Kabul, the capital city, to extend their unity and solidarity to the Pashtun Long March in Pakistan, urging the international community to declare Pakistan a terror sponsor state and impose economic and diplomatic sanctions on it. Activists chanted slogans …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least nine civilians have lost their lives in a military operation carried out in Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province, local residents said on Monday. Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the military operations in Nangarhar and Helmand and provinces that caused deaths to civilians …

By Dr. Nasrin Katona-The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. recalibrated Washington’s core interest in Afghanistan and the region, which was released on December 17, 2017. It manifests the U.S.A. expectations and interests in a quite different matter than President Obama’s NSS, especially regarding Afghanistan and the South Asian …

The United States seems to have become interested in improving security situation in Kabul – a city that has never been safe. The situation in Kabul which is home to scores of foreign agencies like embassies, offices of international organizations and bases of foreign troops, has aggravated in past months …

AT News Report-KABUL: A sum of 104 million afghanis has been earmarked by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) for implementation of projects on governance, rural livelihood, rehabilitation of disabled people, education, health and human rights in northern Samangan province. In this regard a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed …

AT News Report-KABUL: Although public order cops operate directly under the auspices of interior ministry, a probe will be run by the local authorities on the controversial case involving beating of a journalist in Western Herat province, said security officials on Friday. Farhad Tawhid, a photographer and presenter of Ariana …

AT News Report-KABUL: Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and former Herat governor, on Thursday invited anti-government armed groups to hold talks with Mujahideens. Speaking at a gathering in Herat, Ismail Khan said that if anti-government groups do not negotiate with the government, then they must start face to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Presenting his Annual Report on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Taliban has not been able to achieve their strategic objective and that Afghan security forces have increased military pressure on the group in the last year. “We have decided to increase the size of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: General Joseph Votel, the commander of US Central Command said that Pakistan still supporting the Taliban insurgents despite the ongoing pressure. He said this while speaking during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing. Asked on the question of continued Pakistani support to the Taliban, he replied: “I …

AT News Report-KABUL: The recent statement for handing over some areas to the Taliban insurgent is signifying the disintegration of Afghanistan, a number of Afghan influential figures expressed their concern over the scheme purposed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami political party. Previously, Hekmatyar suggested the handover of some …