War in Afghanistan which is one of the deadliest current conflicts in the world, seems to have entered its most crucial phase as the newly inaugurated U.S. administration led by President Joe Biden is going to take robust and regional diplomatic effort to help the two sides (Afghan and Taliban) …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has fired his Finance Minister, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, citing failure on collecting of taxes and incompetence in other areas behind his removal, the Administrative Office of the President said on Saturday. Mr. Arghandiwal received votes of confidence from lawmakers and took charge as Finance …

AT News RIYADH: Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Saudi Minister of Commerce Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi and discussed Afghan-Saudi comprehensive framework for economic cooperation covering trade, investment, development, and labor deployment. The two sides discussed transportation of Afghanistan’s key exports to Saudi Arabia and called for …

AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg believes that a “joint work” was needed to resolve challenges in Afghanistan. In a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Stoltenberg said Saturday that the military organization member states would hold a meeting in February to discuss the future of their …

‘Washington wants to check that the Taliban is living up to its commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, to reduce violence in Afghanistan, and to engage in meaningful negotiations,’ US NSA, Jake Sullivan says AT Mentoring Desk KABUL: The Biden administration said it will review a landmark US deal …

By Rabbani Feroz Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, which has been confirmed by intelligence officials. United States accused Iran of providing new terrorist base for Al-Qaida. After …

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday amid lots of demands from his administration both inside America and outside the country. He needs to meet these requests to correct what his predecessor Donald Trump could not or did not want to. One …

AT News KABUL: Afghan officials are concerned by the deadlock in the second round of the intra-Afghan negotiations being held in Qatari capital of Doha. Deputy speaker of the lower house of the parliament, Mohammad Mirza Katawazai said that there was no progress in the negotiations between the two sides. …

By Saifullah Ahmadzai Yesterday, Tuesday on 19/ Jan/ 2021, Mahmood Tarzi Think Tank of the Regional Studies Center, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan held a scientific gathering title “Geopolitics and Conflicts of Afghanistan”. Dr. Sardar Mohammad Rahimi who has done PhD in Geopolitics and currently serving as deputy of quality …

AT News KABUL: The unidentified gunmen shot three soldiers dead in the western Heart province, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Public Health’s Spokesman, Rafiq Shirzai said that four security forces were wounded in the incident. The wounded were evacuated to the hospital, he added. No one asserted the responsibility …