AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Uzbekistan’s state-run power company reported that work on building power cables to Afghanistan has begun which will boost power exports to Afghanistan by 70percent–up to 6 billion kWh per year. According to Uzbekistan’s state-run power company Uzbekenergo officials, construction of the Afghan section of the 260-kilometer Surkhan-Pul-e-Khumri …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed Afghanistan’s call for unconditional negotiations with the Taliban. “We welcome the call of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for starting negotiations with the Taliban without preconditions,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said, while addressing the Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan in the Uzbek capital. In …

AT-KABUL: The Chairperson of the Afghan Samon Society, Zakia Wardak on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on peaceful Kabul sit-in, extending her deepest condolence and prayers to the victims of the attack. Zakia Wardak visited the sit-in at Chaman-e-Hazori Park at Kabul, expressing unity and solidarity with the leadership …

AT-KABUL: The world needs to support Afghanistan in its peace quest and mobilize a profound support to fight terrorism, said President Ashraf Ghani in Tashkent on Tuesday, adding that terrorism has no geographic boundaries. Ghani said that Afghanistan will not spare any effort in its quest for lasting peace and …

AT-KABUL: Because of constant military counterterrorism campaigns, Taliban have lost their momentum and retreated from capturing major Afghan cities and focusing their guerilla operations on suicide attacks, General John Nicholson, head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Tuesday. The top US defense official said the Taliban leadership …

AT-KABUL: The Polish President on Tuesday in a meeting with the Chief Executive (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah pledged deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan. Currently, about 13,500 foreign troops are stationed in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support (RS) mission. The international troops include 192 Polish soldiers. A statement issued …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of Pakistan’s continued cross-point rocket strikes into eastern Afghanistan, the foreign ministry has summoned top diplomat from Islamabad. Pakistan’s Charge de Affairs was summoned on Monday evening in the foreign ministry following recent rocket strikes from other side of the de-facto Durand Line into Afghanistan, said …

The biggest failure of the Taliban insurgents is that they are at direct war with the Afghan masses. The extremist group always had lack of knowledge to fundamentally realize Afghanistan and its people, even to recognize its enemy. They (Taliban insurgents) miserably failed to stop attacking civilians during course of …

AT-KABUL: Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, Liu Jingson has pledged further increase in his country’s assistance to Afghanistan in areas of education, infrastructure, and preservation of historic cultural heritage in central Bamyan province. The ambassador made this remarked during his visit to the Bamyan city, where he emphasized on long-standing relationship …

AT-KABUL: A council defending the rights of Baloch minorities in Afghanistan strongly condemned on Sunday Pakistani government’s deliberate genocide of Baloch minorities and declared prolongation of resistance to achieve independence and autonomy for Baluchistan. Baloch minorities have given sacrifices and will continue to do so until independence for Baluchistan is …