AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former President George W. Bush says he is concerned that President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 could harm women and girls in the long run if the “brutal” Taliban returns to power. Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German military is planning a more rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan than previously planned, the Defence Ministry informed parliament on Wednesday, according to information received by dpa. Consultations with partners in NATO are under way that could see Germany’s 1,100 troops pull out by as early as …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: More than 110,000 people in the past week have signed an online petition asking the U.S. government to give refuge to the family of a slain Afghan interpreter, Stars and Stripes reported on Wednesday. Taliban insurgents are believed to have killed the man, known by the …

AT News KABUL: At least 45 Taliban rebels were killed and 14 others wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Tuesday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air Forces conducted operations against …

AT News KABUL: At least 11 security forces were kill when Taliban fighters launched attacks on their outposts in the provinces of Badakhshan, Herat and Faryab, local officials confirmed. Another 19 forces were injured, according to officials.In Badakhshan province in the northeast, eight security forces were killed after Taliban stormed …

AT News KABUL: Taliban leaders have been busy in negotiations with the representatives from Turkey, Qatar, the United States and the United Nations in the Qatari capital of Doha for a few days, with sources close to Taliban saying that the parties were trying to build trust between the US …

AT News KABUL: Tens of students at a state-run high school in the west part of Kabul city protested the shortage of teachers and textbooks on Tuesday. Students at the Faiz Mohammad Kateb high school, said their problems have not been solved since the beginning of the new educational year …

AT News KABUL: The population in Afghanistan surpasses 33.6 million that consists of 16.5 million females and 17.1 million male, said the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) in its annual report on Tuesday.  According to NSIA officials, 70% people were living in the rural areas while the remaining 30% …

AT News KABUL: A group of six kidnappers led by a Taliban released prisoner was detained by the intelligence operatives in the northern Takhar province. The National Directorate of Security in a statement released on Tuesday identified the head of the group as “Mangal”. According to the statement, Mangal was …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai was concerned over a report released by the Human Rights Commission about civilian casualties. Karzai urged the immediate end of war and violence, calling on the Afghan sides of war to stop violence because the only victims of the ongoing war are Afghans. …