By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA It has been two decades in the making since the US and allied forces toppled Taliban regime and installed Hamid Karzai as head of transitional Government of Afghanistan in 2001, who continued to rule the country for thirteen years, followed by Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, who took …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Joe Biden administration officials will meet with allies this week on teetering plans to end the war in Afghanistan, turning to another top foreign policy challenge after a week that saw confrontations with Washington’s chief geopolitical rivals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel …

AT Mentoring Desk KABUL: The Taliban has warned that there will be a “reaction” if the United States keeps troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1. Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation team, told reporters in Moscow late last week that if American troops were to stay beyond the deadline, …

AT News KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Monday. During his three day visit, Mr. Atmar will meet with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and other senior Indian government officials on the Afghan peace process, upcoming regional forums …

Afghanistan on Sunday marked Nowruz with a traditional flag-raising ceremony in the Blue Mosque city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Balkh province. Afghans from various provinces have come to celebrate this day. But this year’s ceremony in Balkh apparently had fewer participants than last year, and no high-ranking government officials attended …

By Zia Nezam We must strive to achieve a peace agreement, but it must be a fair and equitable peace agreement. In the 2019 Asia Foundation national survey of 18,000 respondents, only 13 percent of Afghans said that they have a lot or a little sympathy for the Taliban, while …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 24 new cases of COVID-19 out of 1,006 suspected samples tested in the last 24 hours, said ministry of public health on Monday. Six patients were fully recovered during the same period of time, according to the ministry. The new cases were recorded in …

The first day of the New Year in Afghanistan is called Nawroz. It begins on the spring equinox, and is being celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups. The first day of our month is “Hamal”. Nawroz is a rite dating back to at least the 6th centuries BC. This historic …

AT News KABUL: The Avicenna International Peace Award has been awarded to Dr. Anarkali Honaryar, a senator and the only active Sikh citizen of Afghanistan. This award is given annually to influential and inspiring personalities to build a just, humane and peaceful world.  The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), …

MyRedLine Movement Strongly Opposed AWN’s Stance on U.S. Proposal for Peace AT News KABUL: The MyRedLine Movement has expressed criticism on the Afghan Women Network’s (AWN) stance regarding the U.S. new proposal for Afghanistan reconciliation, calling it “legitimately recognition of illegal and political inference of foreigners” on forging destination for …