Turkey conference “key opportunity” for Afghan peace AT News KABUL: Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum met Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation in Turkey. Farahmand Babor, Dostum’s aide and deputy chairman of the reconciliation council, wrote on Facebook that the meeting took place in Ankara, where Dostum and …

AT News KABUL: Tajikistan that is hosting the ninth round of the Istanbul-Heart of Asia conference, declared support for a lasting cease fire in neighboring Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani flew Monday for Dushanbe to participate in the conference. He was welcomed by his Tajik counterpart Imom Ali Rahmon, who expressed …

AT News KABUL: Some members of the parliament in their Monday’s session have strongly lambasted the government for bringing changes in ministerial cabinet such as replacing elected-by-acting ministers, and dismissal of a number of ministers. Speaker of the parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani called on the government to behold the constitutional …

Provincial officials put military action as a last resort to fracture the siege AT News QALA-I-NAW: Jawand district of northern Badghis province has been under the complete siege of the Taliban group over the last ten years, provincial officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor, Hassamuddin Shams confirmed the siege. Mr. …

Afghans want a sustainable peace to preserve democracy, freedom of expression, human rights, women rights and achievements of last 20 years, Mr. Nab deputy foreign minister said AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister says that the Taliban group are seeking the establishment of the “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, a system …

AT News KABUL: At least two people, including a child were killed and seven others including the bride and groom received injuries when their car collided head on with another car on Torkham-Jalalabad highway on Monday morning. The groom and bride’s corolla type-vehicle smashed with another corolla in Sorkh Dewal …

Hope at somehow faded away for a stable pullout of US troops from Afghanistan as the US-centered peace talks failed to bear any result. As negotiations to secure peace with the Taliban drag on, Washington already ignored the previously agreed deadline to extricate US troops by May 1, even US …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 62 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 56,384 cases. The news cases were reported out of …

AT News KBAUL: At least 10 Taliban rebels were killed and three others were wounded during latest operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province in the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said on Monday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air Forces, have …

BY CHRIS ALEXANDER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR This month’s talks with the Taliban have focused on preventing another “spring offensive.” But after two decades of U.S. and NATO military operations, we should be asking a more basic question: Why is Afghanistan still at war? The answer is deceptively simple: Afghanistan’s conflict continues …