AT News KABUL: A road build project presently underway will connect Afghanistan to China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang via Wakhan are in Badakhshan in the northeastern remote area, the ministry of public works said Tuesday. The project is announced just weeks after the United States said it would end presence …
Read More »Editorial: The floods tragedy
Afghanistan is covered with big mountains green hails that reflects an astonishing and beautiful view. The high summit of some of its mountains is shiningly reflecting their glory view embellished with snow and ice. The green and gorgeous valley steals the look of one’s eyes. But despite all the beauties …
Read More »Flash flood kills 6 people in Takhar
AT Times KABUL: Six people including four children died in a flash flood that also destroyed several residence and agricultural lands in the northern province of Takhar, officials said Tuesday. Provincial director of Disaster Management Department Farid Nikpour said the floods caused closure of roads between Warsaj, Farkhar and Taloqan …
Read More »Khalilzad calls on Afghan warring parties to speed up peace efforts
AT News KABUL: The U.S. appoint man for the Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad urged the Afghan warring parties to accelerate the peace negotiations, saying that the Afghans deserve a political settlement and end to the “senseless” war. He cited the remarks in the reaction to the Taliban’s announcement of three-day …
Read More »Pakistan FM Qureshi expresses hope for Afghan-peace
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Following Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s meeting with Afghan leadership in Kabul, the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed optimism for long-term stability in Afghanistan. Qureshi in a press conference in Islamabad said that stability in Afghanistan is critical for regional peace and …
Read More »Tajikistan to strengthen border with Afghanistan as uncertainty looms
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon held a working meeting with members of the Government, senior representatives of President’s Executive Office and other high-ranking officials, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Tajik leader reportedly ordered heads of power-wielding structures of the country to strengthen Tajikistan’s common border …
Read More »13 civilians killed as bombs blow up two buses in Zabul, Parwan
AT News KABUL: At least thirteen civilians were killed and 34 others were wounded in two separate roadside bomb blasts in northern Pawan and restive southern Zabul provinces. This is the latest in a series of deadly blasts, not long after several blasts rocked Kabul that left 85 people, most …
Read More »158 Taliban fighters killed in latest Ops
AT News KABUL: The Afghan defense authorities say that the Afghan security forces have killed at least 158 Taliban insurgents in a series of military offensives around the country in the past 24 hours. Another 37 Taliban insurgents were wounded during the latest military stings conducted in Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, …
Read More »Karzai condemns multiple terrorist attacks in different provinces
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned bomb blasts in the provinces of Parwan and Zabul as well as a mortar attack in Logar province that killed and wounded a number of civilians. He expressed concerns over increased military operations that cause civilian casualties, emphasizing on the resumption …
Read More »Australian FM visits to Afghanistan focuses on alleged war crimes by Aus troop
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Australian Foreign Minister, Marise Payne has recently paid a visit to Afghanistan to discuss the alleged war crimes committed by the Australian forces in Afghanistan. Mrs. Payne arrived in Kabul on Sunday afternoon after holding a series of meetings and summits in Europe. The stopover …
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