AT News KABUL: The daughter of former President, Dr. Najibullah Ahmadzai has called on the Afghan leaders for political besiegement, stressing on the importance of mobilization as the country is in its historic period of peace making. Heela Najibullah said that the Afghan peace process was out of the government’s …
Read More »Govt. to Attend Russia, Turkey Meetings on Afghan Peace
AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s government plans to participate in the both upcoming conferences expected to be held in late this month and in April in Russia and Turkey respectively. “The ministry of foreign affairs and the reconciliation council are working to find out the level of participants from Taliban …
Read More »Karzai Condemns Herat, Zabul Attacks
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the car bomb in the western province of Herat and a mortar attack in the southern province of Zabul. A car bomb killed and injured scores of people mostly civilians in Herat city. A mortar crashed on a house in Zabul …
Read More »Eight Killed, Dozens Wounded in Herat Car Bombing
AT News KABUL: At least eight people were killed and more than 50 others injured when a powerful explosion rocked Herat city, capital of the province with the same name, several officials said. The ministry of interior said Saturday that an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated late Friday in the city’s …
Read More »Editorial: Stop Downgrading of Women
Women throughout history have always been underestimated and deprived of their fundamental rights but have never slowed down their efforts where all the time stood steady to fight for their gains and even made achievements at some points better than men. In Afghanistan also, as a patriarchal society, women have …
Read More »Danesh Reacts to Tribal Inclusion in E-ID Cards
AT News KABUL: Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, reacted to a decision made by the statistics department to include different tribes in the electronic ID card. “What the national statistics department published to include tribes in the electronic ID card is an unprofessional task. That’s right that Afghanistan is a …
Read More »Police detain 13 Criminals in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Kabul Police have arrested 13 people on the charges of different crimes during the latest crackdown carried out across the city. The Police succeeded in capturing 13 suspected people accused of armed robbery, killing, disruption of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in 1st, …
Read More »Russia Backs Plan for Afghanistan Interim Rule with Taliban
The formation of an interim inclusive administration would be a logical solution to the problem of integrating the Taliban into the peaceful political life of Afghanistan, said Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia said Friday it backed the Taliban’s integration into a future interim government in …
Read More »Turkey Plans to Host Afghan Peace Talks in April, Ahead of US Troop Pullout Deadline
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey plans to host an Afghan peace conference in Istanbul in April, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, ahead of a deadline for a US troop withdrawal. Though Mr. Cavusoglu did not specify the date, but a source told Afghanistan Times that the conference would …
Read More »Govt. Overlooks to Probe Journalists’ Murders: NAI
AT News KABUL: Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan (NAI) is accusing the government of escaping its responsibility to investigate cases related to the killings of journalists. NAI accused the intelligence organizations for not being able to investigate the cases of journalists-killings. The CEO of NAI, Mujeeb Khalwatgar in a press …
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