AT News Report-KABUL: The threats of violent extremism and transnational organized crime in Afghanistan reverberate across Central Asia and the world and countering them cannot be the responsibility of one country alone, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday, urging regional and multilateral cooperation, based firmly on human rights. “Regional …

By Afrasiab Khattak-The rapid expansion of electronic media followed by the equally impressive growth of social media during the last two decades in Pakistan has opened up immense possibilities for the people to connect and we have witnessed massive rise in connectivity among individuals, social and political groups and communities …

AT News Report-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has carried out a raid in northern Kunduz province and defused a terror act after arresting a suspect suicide bomber. The Taliban member was identified as Qari Mohammad Sadiq was held along with explosives materials According to the statement, the NDS …

AT News Report-KABUL: The ousted Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor attacked the National Unity Government, saying it operates in contravention of the country’s constitution, while calling on foreign countries to restrain from interfering into internal affairs. During briefing to his supporters in Mazar-e-Sharif on Saturday, he once again called on …

“The nurturing and protection of terrorists like Saeed by Pakistan is the main issue between Kabul and Islamabad and between New Delhi and Islamabad” By Geeta Mohan-Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai said the “entire world knows that Hafiz Saeed was responsible for the Mumbai attacks and it is sad that …

Our motherland (Afghanistan) is a mountainous and land-locked country in Central Asia with a history and culture that goes back over 5,000 years. In the ancient times, the land was called Aryana. In the medieval era, it was called Khorasan, and in modern times, we, the Afghan masses decided to …

AT News Report-KABUL: Anti-drugs campaign in southern Helmand province has been underway, resulting in destroying a number of Taliban owned drugs labs, but dozens of dozen drugs factories and traffickers are still operating in the province, Ariana News has reported. According to the provincial administration of Helmand province, anti-drugs operation …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have come forward with a joint initiative to hold an international ministerial conference titled “Afghanistan – path to a peaceful future” in Tashkent in late March 2018, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said at the debates on Central Asia and Afghanistan in the UN …

KABUL- At least six civilians including a foreign national were killed and seven more injured in the terrorist attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel which ended after several hours of fighting, in which four terrorists were killed by the Afghan forces, officials said. The attack which began Saturday at 10:00pm ended …