Dr. Matin Royeen Ph.D. The current peace discussions between Taliban and the Afghan representatives  in Doha, fundamentally deal with two vital issues.  How to reconcile past trauma, resolve the  current conflict by achieving peace that safeguards the national interest of Afghanistan.  I would like to share some thoughts about these …

AT News KABUL: A Pakistani terrorist and top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist group for Afghanistan, Qari Azam was killed in Peshawar due to internal rivalry within the group over drug trafficking, according to reports. He also headed the joint Shura of JeM and LeT to coordinate operations in Afghanistan. He …

AT News KABUL: The committee for safety of journalists, a non-government entity active in supporting journalists’ rights, says that the government has disrupted access to information about the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban. A number of journalists who have come back from Qatar, where they had gone to cover …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government’s negotiating team urges on the preserving of the Islamic Republic in peace negotiations with Taliban. Massoum Stanakzai, the government’s chief negotiator, said Wednesday in Qatar, where the peace talks are going on with the Taliban for the first time, saying that the people of …

After months of delay and wrangling, eventually the intra-Afghan talks opened this week in Doha for direct negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This was the direct result of an agreement reached between the US and the Taliban in February. Kabul was not directly involved in those negotiations, …

AT News KABUL: Former head of High Peace Council Karim Khalili said Wednesday that peace talks with Taliban in Doha is a result of forty years of resistance of jihadi leaders and martyrs of resistance era and that these efforts will not be squandered. At a seminar to showcase scientific …

AT News KABUL: At least nine security forces and six civilians were killed in latest clashes erupted between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban fighters in Northern parts of Afghanistan, authorities said on Wednesday. The Taliban staged attacks on several areas of Chaharkant district of northern Balkh province. District …

AT News KABUL: The Republic of Korea and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have joined hands to construct permanent houses for 253 families in the priority return areas of Afghanistan. The generous contribution from the Government of Korea will be channeled towards UNHCR’s cash for shelter project in Afghanistan. Through …

AT News KABUL: Taliban spokesman in Qatar said any foreign interference in Afghanistan peace talks must end and Afghans will have to resolve their domestic conflict on their own. Taliban’s spokesman Mohammad Naeem Wardak in a tweet said that no foreign country should interfere in peace negotiations and Afghans must …

Displaced children at high risk of severe illness AT News KABUL: A number of Internal Displaced People (IDPs) families say that their children are getting ill and are prone to more illness due to lack of shelters in Faryab districts. These people were forced to flee their homes due to …