When asked to consider the major problems facing the country, the ending war which is the long-year desires of the Afghans, and surely improvement of the fragile economy top the Afghanistan wish list. Other issues, including drug trafficking, equality, injustice, poverty, racial inequality, crime etc… are seen as less pressing …

AT News KABUL: The European Union will continue assistance and activities in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops, European envoy said. Thomas Nicholson, the European Union envoy to Afghanistan made the remarks in the Europe Parliament. “While the forces are exiting, our intention is to stay,” he said. “Our …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces freed four captives from the Taliban custody in the northern province of Kunduz, defense ministry said. A spokesman for the ministry, Fawad Aman said that the Afghan commando forces carried out a raid on Taliban’s captivity in Qoshtapa area of provincial capital, in …

AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan peace negotiating team has announced the restart of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, the capital city of Qatar for today (Tuesday). Nader Naderi, the Afghan negotiating team member, said that peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are scheduled to …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the Afghan government and Taliban to bring the peace negotiations out of “foreigners’ project” and change it to a national process. He also called on both sides to choose the venue of peace negotiations in one of the Afghan provinces. Former …

AT News KABUL: A number of members of parliament express concern over continued violence, saying that neither the government nor Taliban could win the ongoing war. Ahmad Javid Jaihoon, a member of parliament, called on the Taliban to agree on cease fire and put an end to the long war. …

AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government suspended 80 percent flights from Afghanistan in a bid to prevent the spread of the pandemic Covid-19. But the Afghan Aviation Authority accused Islamabad of violating bilateral agreement signed between the two countries. Mohammad Naeem Salehi, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan is to be a business hub between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, a move hailed as a milestone for regional economy development. Islamabad and Tashkent have so far exchanged some goods through Afghanistan. A Pakistani cargo truck transported medicine from the port city of Karachi on April …

AT News KABUL: The UK is speeding up granting asylums to the thousands of Afghans who worked for the British military-mostly interpreters as fears grow of possible dangerous outcomes of post-international force exit.   UK Secretary of Defense, Ben Wallace said that it was “only right” to accelerate such plans …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels overran two security outposts in Sayedabad district of central Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Provincial Governor Abdul Rahman Tariq confirmed that the security forces retreated from the outposts after the Taliban staged attacks from various directions. The weapons and ammunition of the …