AT News KABUL: First Lady Rula Ghani accused the parliament of being involved in corruption, saying that the house has turned into a ‘market for selling and purchasing votes’. “Wolesi Jirga (lower house) should respectfully discuss and try to know the core of the issues,” she said in an interview …

By Pashtana Durrani When we talk about girls’ education. We often think of girls dressed in black uniforms white headscarves and backpacks. But that was a trend a year ago. Today we are a country facing the second wave of COVID-19. Students are advised to stay at home self-study or …

AT News KABUL: A bomb rigged to a rickshaw has killed 15 people, including 11 children and wounded 20 others in eastern Ghazni province, security officials said on Friday. The deadly bombing comes as violence continues to surge around the country in the wake of peace talks. Wahidullah Jumazada, spokesman …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan met with Taliban delegation led by their deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, where the discussions were focused on the progress in the Afghan peace process and the way forward.  Reiterating that there was no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, …

Text by Martin Albrow A man buys the first, second and third volumes of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China at Eastwind Books & Arts in San Francisco, California. The first batch of the third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has been distributed to more than 70 …

Text by João Miguel Barcellos The third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has been published by the Foreign Languages Press in both Chinese and English and distributed to more than 70 countries and regions around the world.  By Li He/Xinhua Thanks to its reform and opening up …

After meeting Taliban delegates, Pakistan Foreign Minister said Islamabad desired reduction in violence and ceasefire in Afghanistan to allow for development of peace process AT News KABUL: A Taliban delegation spearheading peace talks with Afghanistan government landed in Islamabad on Wednesday to meet Pakistan’s top civilian leadership, said Ministry of …

AT News KABUL: At least 27 Afghan security forces were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent stronghold of Uruzgan and also Baghlan province, officials said Wednesday. Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in Dehrado district surrounding the city of Trinkot …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 28 Taliban insurgents in latest military stings in southern Kandahar and Maidan Wardak provinces, the ministry of defense said on Wednesday. 17 Taliban rebels were killed in a counterattack by the Afghan security forces after they attacked their check …

AT News KABUL: A man has been arrested after attempting to kidnap a money exchanger in Kabul, said Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz. The failed kidnapping occurred in the 3rd Parwan area in PD 4th of Kabul city on Wednesday morning. Raif, known as Talkhak was also behind different criminal …