Afghan journalists and professional media workers have been subjected to unprecedented levels of attacks. Twelve journalists have been killed and many more have been targeted in just four months. Last year, 2020 was the deadly year for them, and the beginning of 2021 is already proved deadly. Today the climate …

Yesterday (9th of March) was the first anniversary of the incumbent government under President Ashraf Ghani’s leadership. It was not an easy day. Some rockets landed at the outskirts of Presidential Palace. It was also not an easy inaugural ceremony as his main rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah was also busy …

AT News KABUL: A militia commander, Abdul Ghani Alipur has purportedly engaged in a deal with the Taliban group, authorities said on Tuesday. Bamiyan Governor Sayed Anwar Rahmati said that there are reports about Alipur’s engagement in an agreement with the Taliban. He cited the remarks in a ceremony held …

AT News KABUL: At least 134 Taliban fighters were killed in armed clashes with the national army in 10 provinces, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense on Tuesday. The statement said that another 65 insurgents were also wounded in the clashes took place over the past 24 …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban say they are perusing a plan offered to their leadership by the United States envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad on peace in Afghanistan. Khalilzad met Taliban’s political leaders based in Qatar over the weekend and handed them his peace plan which suggests an interim …

AT News KABUL: The Russian Federation plans to hold another conference on the Afghan peace, Russian embassy to Kabul said. The embassy said in a statement that the conference was initiated by the United States, China, Russia and Pakistan, adding that a number of Afghan political figures were invited to …

AT Monitoring DeskKABUL: Turkish institutions give a helping hand to illegal Afghan migrants by providing them cash for returning to their home country. The Directorate General of Migration Management said Tuesday on Twitter that 44 Afghan migrants voluntarily left Turkey to their home with a joint Project of Turkish and …

AT News KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad would remain for some time in Doha, where the Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams have been conducting the fragile intra-Afghan talks. A spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price told the reporters that Washington had …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States’ Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Islamabad to accelerate efforts on the Afghan peace process. The ambassador’s many official visits included a meeting with the Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, among numerous other senior civilian officials, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A U.S.-drafted peace plan for Afghanistan, reviewed by Reuters, calls for the current government to be replaced with an interim administration until a new constitution is agreed and elections held, while a joint commission monitors a ceasefire. The warring parties have long harbored deep objections to …