AT News KABUL: The Taliban must live up to their commitments, significantly reduce the levels of violence, and pave the way for a ceasefire, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. Speaking at a pre-ministerial press conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg said all NATO members support the US-Taliban agreement and …

AT News KABUL: Dozens of Afghan security forces were killed Tuesday night during clashes with the Taliban militants in northern Takhar province as the Taliban unleash a wave of attacks across Afghanistan targeting Afghan forces, local officials said Wednesday. Taliban staged an overnight attack on Masjid Safid area in Baharak …

AT News KABUL: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for urgent protection and assistance for tens of thousands of civilians displaced by recent escalation of violence in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province. Men, women and children have been forced from their homes in Nahr-e-Saraj, Nawa-e-Barakzaiy, Nad-e-Ali/Marja and Lashkargah districts by …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Wednesday attacks in the northeastern province of Takhar that killed and wounded dozens of security forces. The incidents took place in Khwaja Ghar and Baharak districts in which more than 25 security forces including a senior provincial police officer were killed. …

Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A deadly stampede broke out Wednesday in Jalalabad, and at least 12 people were killed and tens were injured as thousands thronged at a football stadium to apply for Pakistan visa, officials said. Nangarhar Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said 12 elderly women were killed in a stampede …

AT News KABUL: The latest worsening security situation in the northern areas has affected traveling and drivers’ jobs. The passengers call on the government to take resolving measures in the Mazar-e-Sharif – Sheberghan road. Sharif, a driver who has been serving for 15 years, said Wednesday that he and his …

AT News KAUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission criticized the government for not being serious regarding the rights of Sikh and Hindu minorities. The commission called on the government on Wednesday to protect the Hindus and Sikhs since their lives and properties are under threat. Scores of Sikhs were …

AT News KABUL: Billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid to Afghanistan has been lost to widespread waste, and endemic corruption in the past 10 years, the US oversight authority on Afghanistan reconstruction says. The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, SIGAR, in a new report said that more than …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that he was assured by the United States senior officials that Washington has remained adherent to its commitments regarding Afghanistan. Speaking to the members of parliament on Wednesday, Ghani said that the United States would consult the government of Afghanistan about its future …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s adviser Wahid Omar says that leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar raises voice in Islamabad as an attempt to abolish the government in Afghanistan. Omar wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that “I have watched this horrific movie several times. We need to stand united against this …