AT News KABUL: The United Nations calls on the Afghan parties to begin “real peace negotiations” and give priority to the talks.  Deborah Lyons, the UN chief’s special representative in Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a visit to Qatar accelerated efforts to …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The first group of Afghans to be granted asylum for their work with the German military has arrived in Germany, according to Der Spiegel. They are fleeing the Taliban who consider them “traitors.” The first six members of Afghan personnel, who worked with the German military …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 1,485 confirmed cases of the pandemic virus with additional fatalities of 77 deaths. The new tally was recorded out of 4,238 samples within the past 24 hours across the country. During this period, 834 people were recovered. The total number of …

AT News KABUL: Taliban threats have displaced nearly 3,000 families in tumultuous Daikundi province in the past week alone, local officials said on Monday, adding to woes of civilians across Afghanistan, bearing the brunt of an unabated conflict. Over 2,000 families have fled the fighting and taken refuge in capital …

Since the US announced its complete September withdrawal plan, a big question has remained: what awaits Afghanistan and the region because the security situation has worsened. To understand the gravity of the crisis, we need to have a deep discussion about why the 20 years military approach has failed and …

AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: The EU Commission is allocating €25 million in humanitarian funding from its Solidarity Emergency Aid Reserve to fight hunger in Afghanistan. Urgent actions to save lives and livelihoods are required due to a drought that is currently affecting Afghanistan, leaving at least 11 million people in …

AT News KABUL: Lawmakers in the Parliament have criticized the government for the fall of a constellation of district centers to the Taliban across Afghanistan, calling it ‘suspicious’. Referring to the US-Afghanistan security pact, a number of lawmakers on Monday said that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was “irresponsible”. They …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured 14 districts centers from Taliban militants across the country, said the Interior Ministry on Monday. The ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Aryan said that the security forces have constant military presence in different parts of the country, He added the centers of some …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the regional powers to pay serious attention to the situation in Afghanistan, saying that the country was in a critical situation. Karzai cited the remarks in an online conference hosted by the Xinhua University of China at the World Peace Forum …

My view is that there was no terrorism in Afghanistan, and no extremism in Afghanistan, Former President Hamid Karzai told The Hindu. As the U.S. quickens the pace of its troops pull out, and talks in Doha hit an impasse, Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who is still seen as a …