AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting for his successor Ashraf Ghani discussed the current situation of the country and the ongoing peace process. Karzai hoped that government officials be aware a foreign plot that iis going on against the country and people and take practical steps …
Read More »Taliban capture town near Chinese border
AT News KABUL: Taliban have captured Wakhan, a key district of northern Badakhshan province bordering China’s Xinjiang province, officials said on Monday. Provincial council members were cited by Sputnik as saying that Wakhan has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have closed in on the zero point on frontiers with …
Read More »Taliban keep strong ties with al-Qaeda; Ghani’s aide
AT News KABUL: Wahid Omar, an adviser to President Ghani claims that Taliban militants still hold strong relationship with the al-Qaeda terrorist network and jointly attack on government institutions. “This is a relationship between two bodies who believe violence, believe terrorism and believe killing of people. This relation is as …
Read More »US resumes immigration visas for Afghan allies
AT News KABUL: The US embassy in Kabul resumed Special Immigration Visa (SIV) to evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreter and staffs supported the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. “The U.S. Embassy Kabul has resumed immigrant visa interviews. The initial phase will involve rescheduling applicants who had their interviews postponed to mitigate elevated COVID risk,” …
Read More »Turkmenistan ramps up military at Afghan border
AT News KABUL: Turkmenistan has begun ramping up of its military presence along its borders with Afghanistan, moving an arsenal of heavy weaponry and aircrafts and helicopters, Turkmen officials were cited as saying on Monday. A Turkmen security official has said that more troops are being sent from a military …
Read More »‘Lies and denials’: Saleh says Pakistan revels in Taliban gains
AT News KABUL: As Taliban are rampaging and sweeping across Afghanistan, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh says Pakistan is reveling in the militant gains and seizing on the unrest with “euphoria and excitement”. In a tweet, Saleh lambasted Pakistan, accusing its officials of “lies and denials”. “Peshawar Shura of Taliban …
Read More »Pentagon alarmed at surge in Taliban attacks
AT News KABUL: Pentagon’s spokesman says that the U.S. was expressed concerns over rise in Taliban’s offensives as the group has recently overrun dozens of districts across the country, building pressure on the Afghan government. John F. Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. department of defense said that the U.S. is concerned …
Read More »Lawmakers urge UN to protect Afghan women
AT News KABUL: While Taliban are rapidly gaining ground across the country and are reportedly misbehaving women in the areas under their control, members of parliament ask the United Nations to protect them against the threats. “The inhumane and anti-Islamic discrimination against women in the Taliban-controlled areas is a matter …
Read More »271 Taliban fighters killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: The Afghan defense authorities said that at least 271 Taliban militants have been killed and 162 others received injuries in a series of military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours. Backed by the Afghan …
Read More »Foreign forces responsible for insecurity in Afghanistan: Iran
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Deputy Commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police Forces Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee took the US and other foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan responsible for the long-term insecurity in the war-torn country. “The US-led colonial powers, with their illegitimate presence in the region, have created a terrible …
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