AT News KABUL: As COVID-19 cases rose for the past few days in a row, the biggest jumps were reported on Wednesday with 453 new cases and 10 deaths as per the health ministry’s daily snapshot of the pandemic. The new cases were reported across Afghanistan in the past 24 …

No one can deny the continuous carnage in Afghanistan. Violence has been intensified inexorably around the country. Last week was the most deadly as over 200 people, among them school pupils were killed. Uncertainty reached its peak in the wake of US and NATO troops withdrawal, scheduled to be gone …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. appointed man for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad vows that the Taliban group’s military victory will face regional and international opposition as well as sanctions. Khalilzad argued that the Taliban have reason not to push for a military victory and instead pursue a negotiated political settlement …

AT News KABUL:  Police officers and health workers fanned out across Kabul and rounded up 200 drug addicts, trying to get them help in their treatment. The campaign was launched on Wednesday by the police in a joint venture with the Phoenix camp hospital’s health workers. These drug addicts were …

AT News KABUL: The state ministry for peace affairs is expecting the Taliban to attend the Istanbul Conference but the due time is of holding the meeting is yet to be specified. An official of the peace ministry, Azizullah Fazli said that the government negotiating team met the Taliban delegation …

AT News KABUL: The parliament called for end to the week-long chaos in the northern province of Faryab. The tension rose in Faryab after the government appointed Mohammad Daud Laghmani as provincial governor. Laghmani replaced Naqibullah Faiq, who has recently been appointed as senator and granted with a medal by …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The effort to withdraw all United States forces from Afghanistan by September is up to 20 percent complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The command gave a completion range of between 13 percent to 20 percent, adding that five military facilities have been handed over to …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of agriculture and irrigation has estimated the products of watermelon to reach 79,000 tons this year in the eastern province of Nangarhar. A spokesman for the ministry, Akbar Rustami said that Nangarhar last year produced 73,000 tons watermelon yields. According to him, over 1,995 hectares of land …

AT News KABUL: A video went viral in the funeral of Mullah Abdul Mannan Neyazi, deputy leader of a Taliban offshoot group, was followed by different reactions. Neyazi was injured to head some two weeks ago in his birthplace of Herat province. He was reportedly flown to Kabul for treatment …

AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that if the Taliban insisted on violence and tried to impose a “dictatorial regime”, the decision would be made on the battlefield. In an interview with the PBS News Hour, Ghani said that if the Taliban wants peace, then it has to …