AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 62 new positive cases of Coronaviurs disease with one person succumbing to the pandemic over the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday.   The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic now reaches to 55,121 cases …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan To understand China today, one must first know more about the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC is the world’s largest political party and part and parcel of its country and people. By the end of 2019, the total membership of the …

AT News KABUL: Massoum Stanakzai, head of Afghanistan negotiating team slammed Taliban militants for what he said “wasting chances for peace”, calling it oppression to the people of Afghanistan. Stanakzai called on Taliban leaders on Sunday to stop keeping their fighters in dark, saying leading the fighters in dark of …

AT News KABUL: The parliament accuses President Ghani and the Taliban of trying to deny the facts about peace efforts, one with the aim of remaining in power and the latter for gaining power. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani said Sunday while opening a parliamentarian commission for peace. Rahmani said …

AT News KABUL: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Taliban’s Leader and head of the group’s political office, met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his visit to Tehran. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s Political Spokesman, said on twitter that the meeting took place on Sunday and the two sides discussed the …

AT News KABUL: A drug trafficker has been arrested and 60kg hashish was seized from him in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. The members of the Afghan National Police succeeded in arresting a drug runner with 60kg hashish in PD 9th in Jalalabad, the provincial capital city of …

AT News KABUL: A delegation has been appointed to investigate whether the people killed by the security forces were civilians or gunmen affiliated to irresponsible armed commander Abdulghani Alipor in the central province of Wardak. The National Security Council in a statement said that the delegation was led by Gen. …

AT News KABUL: The increased cases of violence and targeted killings of Afghans particularly civilians have concerned the European Union, who call for immediate stop of the “killings of Afghans”. “If some parties don’t like the term ‘ceasefire’, call it truce, cessation of hostilities, moratorium, silent period. Whatever the semantics …

International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban’s deal with the United States, four senior NATO officials said, a move that could escalate tensions with the Taliban demanding full withdrawal. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond …

The EU and diplomatic missions said that Taliban are responsible for surge in targeted-killings and asked the group to must understand that their violent, destructive actions outrage the world and must cease if peace is to come to Afghanistan AT News KABUL: The European Union delegation and the diplomatic missions …