AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 43 new coronavirus positive cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,815 across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that out of 232 suspected samples, 43 were positive—29 cases were recorded in Herat, five in Balkh, …
Read More »China mulls including Afghanistan in $62b CPEC
AT News KABUL: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be a game changer in South Asia. As part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), CPEC is a $62 billion infrastructure development project, in which Afghanistan would likely be part of it. This project is aimed to …
Read More »Khalilzad appreciates Pakistan’s role in facilitating intra-Afghan talks
AT News KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad during his visit to Islamabad thanked and appreciated Pakistan for its important role in facilitating the start of the Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in Doha on September 12. “US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited …
Read More »Editorial: Facilitators with spoilers’ potential
Now that the intra-Afghan peace talks have finally got off to a start in Doha, the role and support of regional countries and other key stakeholders are of immense importance. The crucial stage in the peace process has only begun now and is therefore vulnerable to go astray if any …
Read More »Doha talks aimed at ceasefire, lasting peace; Ghani
AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s office said that the government sent a negotiating delegation to Qatar with the aim of ensuring a lasting peace and cease fire. Sediq Sediqqi, Ghani’s spokesman, said Monday that the delegation from the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan participated in talks with Taliban only to provide …
Read More »Afghanistan, Taliban negotiators discuss meeting agendas
AT News KABUL: The contact groups of the government of Afghanistan and Taliban negotiating teams began meetings in Qatar Sunday night, during which they discussed the meeting agendas and timetable. The two sides said Monday that they had progresses. But a source in the government who was speaking on condition …
Read More »At least 160,000 killed during Afghanistan war
AT News KABUL: An American research center claims that about 160,000 Afghans have been killed since the US-led international troops invaded Afghanistan by the name of war on terror. The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, said Monday in a report that 157,000 civilians have been killed in the …
Read More »Watchdog concerned over Taliban child soldier recruitments
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has expressed its deep concern over the existing of children fighters among the conflict sides in northern Badakhshan province. Head of Badakhshan Human Rights Commission, Arifa Naveed said that their investigation in Baharak, Jarom,Yardoj, Yamgan and several other districts had shown …
Read More »Ex-Pakistani minister faces backlash for pro-Taliban remarks
AT News KABUL: Some Afghan figures reacted to a tweet by Pakistan’s former defense minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif. Asif posted the pictures of US secretary of state and Taliban’s leader Mullah Baradar on Twitter, writing in Urdu that: “You guys have power and we have God”, following another tweet reads …
Read More »A peace deal needs patience, ‘backpedaling’ on red lines
Continuity of international support now hinges on preservation of the republic government as allies have stated. Our democracy is at stake, so is a lifeline foreign aid By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: After almost two decades of conflict and hundreds of thousands of civilian and military casualties, the Afghan government and …
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