By Gulabdudin Sukhanwar The First Flamenco in Samangan is a new publication and comprehensive coverage that includes memories, poetry, literature, art, culture, and history. A book that offers a cultural narrative of Afghanistan and its heritage and reminds us, the Afghans, to go back to our roots, re-read our history, …

Following assassination of Malalai Maiwand, a female TV anchor in Jalalabad, another TV news anchor, Fardin Amini mysteriously killed in Kabul AT News KABUL: Two journalists – Malalai Maiwand and Fardin Amini, were killed in the last two days aimed risen violence with media workers saying they don’t feel safe …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The State of Qatar is proud of its role in the context of international efforts aimed at helping the brothers in Afghanistan to reach the desired peace, by playing a mediating role, with the support of friendly countries, led by the United States, said the Permanent …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations called on foreign forces to refrain from interfering in the Afghan peace talks. Addressing the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi called for strengthening international support to build a better future …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai offered condolences over the death of veteran writer and author Azam Rahnaward Zaryab. Karzai said Friday in a statement that late Zaryab dedicated his life to serve Afghanistan’s literature and left tens of literary works behind. The former president called Zaryab’s death as …

AT News KABUL:  The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Najibullah Alikhil paid a courtesy call on the country’s Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Qureshi has congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment stating that Afghanistan and Pakistan had deep-rooted historic ties based on common religion, geography and culture. Referring to the …

China has always helped Afghanistan enhance its counter-terrorism capacity and supported Afghanistan’s efforts to fight terrorism and maintain national security, said Geng Shuang, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL:  China has called for international efforts to boost the Afghan peace process and to help …

Rahnaward Zaryab passed away in Kabul aged 77 – he was born in 1944 in Rika Khana area in Kabul AT News KABUL: A well-known novelist, journalist, intellectual, writer, public thinker and literary scholar Rahnaward Zaryab passed away in Kabul at a hospital on Friday morning. He was 77 years …

AT News KABUL: A man met a grisly end after his brothers killed him over a land dispute in Paghman district of Kabul province, Kabul police said on Wednesday. The police arrested two suspects, who are the victim’s siblings, said police chief spokesman Ferdows Faramarz. The suspects are under police …

Corruption has many forms and manifestation. With great wretchedness, corruption in Afghanistan is endemic and has infiltrated into all parts of the state, adversely affecting the ability of the Afghan government to maintain security and deliver basic public services. It also becomes public now, and increasingly embedded in social practices. …