The number of Afghan civilians killed annually in the strikes increased by 330 percent from 2016 to 2019 as the U.S. escalated attacks on the Taliban – 700 civilians killed only in 2019,  according to a U.S.-Based watchdog. AT News KABUL: After the U.S. has decided to relax its rules …

Violence against women and girls in Afghanistan, including so called honor killing, and other forms of violent behavior like forced marriages, preventing them from education, too often goes unpunished. If the culprits apprehended, again proper trial will not happen because the victims over and over again pressured into agreeing to …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Afghanistan is among top dangerous countries for the media workers and rights activists. The existence of powerful individuals, different terrorist groups and a feeble government system lay out a dangerous situation for the people who defend human rights and freedom of expression. With the collapse of …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels attacked Afghan security forces in Arghandab district in southern Kandahar province, in which eight Afghan National Police members lost their lives, an official said on Tuesday. The attack occurred on Monday night as tens of Taliban fighters attacked their checkpoints in the district, according …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has rejected a new demand offered by the Taliban over the release of their extra 7,000 comrades held in government custody, with the National Security Council saying on Tuesday that the release would not help the ongoing peace process as 5,500 insurgents’ freedom …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the Afghan negotiating team is to start “serious talks” with their counterparts from Taliban group on Saturday on the peace. Abdullah admitted on Wednesday that the talks take long time, but it would help a stable Afghanistan. “We …

AT News KABUL: The statistics department said Wednesday that the number of people in Afghanistan living under poverty line reaches to 15 million. It said that about 40 per cent of individuals are under poverty line as the Corona virus pandemic caused many people lose their jobs across Afghanistan. The …

AT News KABUL: As the Afghan peace process entered a second phase, a discussion on the agendas to kick start the intra-Afghan talks, the Taliban group is now seeking the release of their more prisoners from the Afghan custody.   To move the talks forward, the government freed over 5,000 Taliban …

AT News KABUL: The Vertalyot, a Russian helicopter manufacturing, says that the Ukrainian engineering team that repairs military helicopters in Afghanistan is illegal and could endanger the lives of Afghan forces and American troops. The Russian chopper-making company said Monday that the Ukrainian engineers illegally repair military helicopters belong to …

AT News KABUL: Taliban infiltrator attacks against defense and security forces have recently increased, with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reporting of 35 attacks in the past three months. The report said on Monday that 10 of these attacks killed 30 security forces ad injured another seven, …