AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: NATO member countries are evaluating the deployment of additional troops in Afghanistan and extending the time frame of its mission in the country, the Secretary General said. The additional troops are likely to join the Resolute Support mission, which is training, assisting and advising the Afghan security …

By Afrasiab Khattak-The deepening contradictions of the post Zia “republic” do not seem to be manageable anymore. The de facto isn’t ready to live with even the semblance of the de jure. The deep state is ready to attack the leadership of every institution that comes in the way of …

Over two years after the drawdown of foreign troops, a group of about 300 US Marines has returned to the ballet-weary southern province of the country. US soldiers have come again to the Helmand province to help the Afghan security forces to nip the evil in the bud. Commander of …

AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Sunday said that insecurity in Afghanistan affects the situation in Pakistan. “And if the situation in Pakistan is insecure, it affects Afghanistan situation,” Karzai told a high-level delegation from the National Assembly of Pakistan who met the ex-president in Kabul. Karzai said …

AT News Report-KABUL: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Sunday said that he and his party were ready to honestly cooperate with the government for ensuring security in the country. Delivering speech among thousands of supporters in eastern Nangarhar province, Hekmatyar said: “We become ready for cooperation with the …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least 85 militants have been killed and 45 others were wounded in different crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, (MoD), said Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan …

By Zulfiqar Shah- After the dismemberment of Pakistan in 1971, and defeat in war with India, Pakistan Army launched a military operation in Balochistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto neither gave orders for Balochistan operation, nor did he tender suggestion for the military action in East Pakistan (now Bangaldesh). It is, thus …

AT News Report-KABUL: The former president, Hamid Karzai the other day has addressed an International Security Conference hosted by Moscow’s Defense Ministry. The Russian defense ministry is organizing the international security conference every year, inviting various key political leaders, defense officials and experts from many corners of the world to …

During an event marking Mujahidin’s 25th Victory Day, the president Ashraf Ghani said that the holy warriors had rendered sacrifices for the liberation of Afghanistan and creation of a government that represented the masses. The history would not forget Mujahidin’s sacrifices in liberating this country. At the same time it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have been pushed back while receiving causalities in a fight between Afghan security forces that took place in Baghlan province on Saturday, security official said. Security forces were succeeded to push back militants from the Baghlan-e-Markazi district. According to officials, dozens of militants launched …