By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan On April 22, at the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Leaders Summit on Climate via video link and delivered an important speech entitled For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life Together. Upon a profound …
Read More »Afghan, Taliban peace delegations emphasize on expediting peace talks
AT News KABUL: Representatives of the Afghan and Taliban peace delegations have resumed intra-Afghan talks in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, both sides confirmed. The meeting happened after a long pause, already faded hope for a political settlement through dialogues. In a series of tweets posted simultaneously by the …
Read More »Afghanistan denounce raging violence, aggression in Palestinian territory
AT News KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar has spoken with Palestinian FM Riyad al-Maliki and denounced the raging violence and aggression in Palestinian territory. FM Atmar conveyed President Ashraf Ghani’s condolences on the killing of several dozen people and expressed Afghanistan’s solidarity with Palestinian people. “We demand immediate cessation …
Read More »Government accused of harming situation in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Deputy of the high council for national reconciliation, Enayatullah Babur Farahmand accused the government of trying to harm the “merely peace” in the northern province of Faryab. He said that the government launched “a cold war in north of Afghanistan.” “There are some bad news from Faryab …
Read More »COVID-19: 65 cases, 6 deaths reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 65 new cases of coronavirus and six deaths in the last 24 hours, the ministry of public health said Saturday. The new cases reported out of 495 suspected samples tested during the same period of time. Another 29 patients have fully recovered during this …
Read More »Editorial: Tens of civilians were killed and injured in Eid cease fire
More than 20 people all of them civilians were killed while more than that were wounded on the first and second days of Eid festival in different areas. The incidents claimed lives of nine people in Kunduz province in the north and Kandahar in the south. The second day of …
Read More »Ghani emphasizes on positive spin on country’s future
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that the narrative being portrayed by the media of “gloom and doom” must stop and instead a more positive spin needs to be put on the country’s future. In an interview with Der Spiegel, Ghani said: “The more the media talks …
Read More »Kandahar Airfield handed over to Afghans as US prepares to leave
AT News KABUL: Authorities in the Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed that the US had handed the Kandahar Airfield over to the Afghan National Army. Deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense Fawad Aman in a tweet said, “The Kandahar Airfield was handed over from US forces to the Afghan …
Read More »Karzai condemns mosque bombing
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a bombing attack inside a mosque that killed and injured a large number of people. The attack took place in the Shakar Dara district of Kabul province during the Friday prayer on the second day of Eid. At least 12 people …
Read More »Eid-Day Ceasefire Was Not Devoid Of Security Incidents
AT News KABUL: The second day of the Eid-al-fitr that is also the second of three-day ceasefire between the government and Taliban was followed with violence across the country. On Friday afternoon, a deadly blast claimed the lives of 12 civilians including the Imam of mosque and wounded over 20 …
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