AT News KABUL: The United States plans to review the troop withdrawal program from Afghanistan. Washington agreed last year in a peace deal with Taliban to pull its last soldier from Afghanistan by May this year. Now the US media quote the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin as …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh called on the UN and Human Rights Watch to thicken the Taliban’s files of crimes and face them with the findings met by Afghan National Police members. Mr. Saleh said that perpetrators of the attacks on media workers and civil society …

AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg held talks with the U.S. President, Joe Biden to discuss the global challenges, including countering the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They discussed the range of challenges that NATO Allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing …

AT News KABUL: Taliban has denied the US Treasury Department Report regarding its ties and enduring partnership with the al-Qaeda Terrorist Network. A Taliban Spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that al-Qaeda was not present in Afghanistan. Mujahid said that the purpose of these reports is to weaken the …

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will never recognize a stream that wants to come to power through war in Afghanistan,” Shamkhani said in a meeting with the head of Taliban’s political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. He stressed the need for participation of all …

AT News KABUL: Deputy and Acting Foreign Minister, Mirwais Nab met Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, where they discussed the Afghan peace process and bilateral relations. Mr. Nab touched on the importance of ceasefire and reduction of violence in the second round of Afghan peace talks in Doha, Afghan …

AT News KABUL: The government says it would do its best to prevent the youth and juveniles from going to Pakistan for learning religious subjects in the madrassas (seminaries). Ministry of Education claims that most of seminaries in Pakistan encourage students to extremism and even make them ready for suicide …

AT News KABUL: The national army soldiers managed to free 28 people held in a Taliban prison in Logar province, ministry of defense said. The ministry said Tuesday in a statement that the prisoners were freed during an operation launched by the army in the Charkh district. Fawad Aman, deputy …

AT News KABUL: A high-level delegation of Taliban led by the militants’ second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived Tuesday in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s Political Spokesman, said the visit was at an official invitation by Iranian government. According to Naeem, the delegation would …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations expresses concerns over the “high level” of violence in Afghanistan, calling it the reflection of the current crisis in the war-hit country. However, it believes that the peace talks being held between Afghanistan and Taliban is an opportunity to end the “decades of war”. …