AT News KABUL: The Members of the Parliament on Monday approved six members of the government cabinet, and head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) with vote of confidence –rejecting nominees for the ministry of women’s affairs and ministry of information and culture. The parliament set ballot box for …
Read More »No deadlock in Doha peace talks, says negotiator
AT News KABUL: Fawzia Koofi, a member of the Afghan peace negotiation delegation has rejected any reports over “impasse” in the ongoing talks on peace in the Persian Gulf Arab state of Qatar, saying that the negotiations have entered a new stage. The first ever negotiations between the government of …
Read More »Afghanistan launches anti-polio campaign to immunize 9.9m children
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health launched the vaccination for more than 9.9 million children across the country. The ministry in a statement said that the anti-polio campaign, which is set for five-days, would provide immunization drops for the children who are under five years old. Children under …
Read More »Russia attacks Australia over Afghanistan ‘war crimes’ report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia says Australia’s commitment to a rules-based world order cannot be taken seriously following the release of damning findings of alleged war crimes committed by special forces in Afghanistan. The ABC has uncovered recent comments by the Russian Foreign Ministry in which it claimed Australian soldiers …
Read More »Ghani agrees on public trial of terrorists
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the judiciary to try terrorists publicly, his deputy said. “Once again, I thank His Excellency the president of the country for ordering for public trials of terrorists,” Amrullah Saleh said on Monday. He called on the Attorney General Office to complete assessment …
Read More »China attacks Australia over ‘war crimes’ in Afghanistan
Chinese official posted a doctored image of Aussie soldier and Afghan child The soldier is holding a knife to the child’s throat and covering face with flagAustralia is investigating war crimes allegations against troops in Afghanistan AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Chinese government has attacked Australia over war crimes allegations …
Read More »70 Taliban militants killed in military raids
AT News KABUL: At least 70 Taliban rebels were killed and 55 others wounded during a crackdown in southern provinces of Kandahar and eastern Laghman in the past 24 hours. Taliban insurgents have attacked the checkpoints of the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) in the districts of Zherai …
Read More »Conflicting statements on finalization of procedure for peace negotiations
AT News KABUL: The government and Taliban still provide conflicting details about the finalization of the procedure of the intra-Afghan negotiations. The negotiation teams of the Taliban and the government have been conferring on the agendas of the intra-Afghan negotiations since September 12 to seek ways for a sustainable peace …
Read More »Reactions sparked to fuel draining by Taliban
AT News KABUL: A video, which shows that the Taliban forced the drivers of the fuel tankers to drain the tanks on the ground, draws various reactions in the country. A driver, who filmed the scene, says in the video that the Taliban loosened the faucets of the eight tankers …
Read More »Karzai condemns Sunday’s terrorist attacks in different provinces
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attacks in the provinces of Ghazni, Zabul, Uruzgan and Badghis that left dozens of people dead and wounded on Sunday. He said the violence and bloodshed in the country is only in the benefit of the aliens, while innocent Afghans …
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