With deep cultural, historical ties with Afghanistan, Turkey has great potential to help peace process, Afghanistan’s envoy to Ankara says Turkey has great potential to step up the peace process in Afghanistan, and the upcoming peace talks in Istanbul slated for April will hopefully pave the way for a cease-fire …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Joe Biden said the US would likely fail to meet the 1 May deadline to pull out American troops from Afghanistan, but added that he couldn’t “picture” American military presence in the country next year. “We are not staying for a long time. We …

In today’s India-friendly Afghanistan, the Taliban are a reality. Any meaningful peace process will need the direct participation of New Delhi. Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Mohammed Haneef Atmar, was in New Delhi on a three-day official visit to discuss the ‘Afghan peace process’ with Indian officials. The trip comes as the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A senior UK army commander on Wednesday met with Pakistan’s army chief to discuss regional security, mainly the fragile Afghan peace process, Anadolu Agency reported. Gen. Patrick Sanders, the UK’s commander strategic command, and Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed matters of …

AT News KABUL: After five decades of its inception, finally the Kamal Khan Dam was inaugurated on Wednesday. The mega dam opened in the southwestern Nimroz province, boarding with the neighboring Iran. Located on the Helmand River in the Chahar Burjak district of Nimroz, the Kamal Khan Dam was planned …

AT News KABUL: The Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan has said that the only way to reach reconciliation in Afghanistan is to form an interim government in the country. Talking about the results of the “Troika” conference on peace settlement in Afghanistan held on March 18th in Moscow, ambassador Zamir …

AT News KABUL: Afghan National Security Advisor says that Afghanistan still needs U.S. financial support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) not physical presence to counter narcotics and insecurity in the country. Hamdullah Mohib cited the remarks in an interview with Hudson Institute of Washington, saying that …

AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb targeting a military vehicle has left at least four Afghan security force members dead and one another was wounded in northwestern Badghis province, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Governor, Hissamuddin Shams said the incident occurred on Tuesday in Kamari district of the province. …

Afghanistan is considered one of the poorest countries in the Asian-continent, but not that much in true scenes. Afghanistan has only three trillion dollars underground untapped resources. This is huge money, but of no use at the moment. Over 70 percent of the population is under poverty line. The Afghan …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 34 new coronavirus cases and one death in the past 24 hours around the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 56,226 cases across the country. These new cases come out of …