AT News KABUL: Two senior government officials say that the conference on Afghan peace in Turkey would begin on April 16. The conference will be held in the country’s European city of Istanbul where representatives from Afghanistan, Taliban neighboring, regional and other countries are expected to discuss ways to peace. …
Read More »Taliban shadow district chief detained in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Taliban shadow district chief and military in-charge for Sabri district of Khost province were arrested during an operation in Baghlan province. Khenjan district police in cooperation with the anti-terrorism police unit have carried out a special operation, in which two key members of laser group of the …
Read More »Over 100 Taliban militants killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: More than 108 Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others were wounded in fresh raids carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country within the last 24 hours, defense ministry said on Sunday. The security forces engaged into aerial and ground raids in Panjwaee and …
Read More »Abdullah was absent in important Moscow talks, claims Pedram
AT News KABUL: Political figure Latif Pedram claims that chairman of the national reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah was not present at some important meetings and making decisions in the Moscow session held in March to discuss Afghan peace. The session was held some 20 days ago in the Russian capital …
Read More »Traders affected in Islam Qala fire block Herat highway
AT News KABUL: The traders and truck drivers whose vehicles were destroyed due to a great fire in the Islam Qala port in the west in February, blocked the important Herat highway to protest government’s carelessness to their situation. The protestors want government compensation. Mohammad Hassan, whose tanker was destroyed, …
Read More »First car bombing rips Kabul after five months
Three members of Afghan security forces were killed and 12 more wounded after a Taliban car bomber targeted their convoy in Paghman AT News KABUL: Over 15 people were killed and wounded as a car bomb rips western part of Kabul province for the first time in the past five …
Read More »Danesh warns against ‘another war if a just peace’ not ensured
AT News KABUL: Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh urges a just peace in the country, warning that another war would emerge if it was not ensured. “We believe that if a just peace is not ensured, it will not be lasting and will lead to another war by another shape,” …
Read More »Afghan forces take back Darwaz area in Badakhshan’s Nasye district from Taliban after three years
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Sunday said that the Afghan security forces have freed an area in Darwaz area in Nasye district in northern Badakhshan province after three years under control of the Taliban. The ministry in a statement said that the Afghan security forces supported by air …
Read More »Afghan Post starts online services
AT News KABUL: The Afghan Post has inaugurated the online postal service system for the government administration. Talking in the inauguration ceremony of the online system, director of the Afghan Post, Ahmad Wahid Wais said that the service would initially come into effect by the ministry of foreign affairs. The …
Read More »Students study under sunlight as school lacks building in Kabul
3.7 million Afghan children are out of school across Afghanistan AT News KABUL: More than 3,000 students at one of the schools located in PD 7th of Kabul city are lacking classrooms and are left with no other option but to study under the hot waves of sun. The Ghulam …
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