AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 33 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 37,894 across the country. The health ministry on Friday said that 335 patients have recovered during this period. There are no covid-19 related deaths, a significant progress to …
Read More »Afghanistan Needs Accommodating Leadership to Manage it Transition Smoothly from Period of War to Peace
By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Most of the hurdles that had impeded progress in the ongoing peace process were cleared when Consultative Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) voted / endorsed to release the 400 notorious Taliban prisoners, which the Government and some of its international partners hesitated to release because of their …
Read More »Blow to Islamabad as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman refuses to meet Pakistan Army chief Qamar Bajwa
In a major diplomatic blow to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohd Bin Salman refused to meet Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI Chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed. In a major diplomatic blow to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohd Bin Salman refused to meet Pakistan Army …
Read More »Key obstacles on path to intra-Afghan talks remain unsolved
AT News KABUL: Sources in the government say that France and Australia are unhappy with the release of a number of 400 Taliban prisoners expected to be released from government custody. According to the sources who spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity, six of the prisoners are former service members …
Read More »Human Rights body to document target attacks in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says it would document the recent target attacks, called “deadliest tactics in the ongoing war”. The commission said on Wednesday that the casualties of the target attacks have caused serious concerns. It said in a report that the target attacks ignore …
Read More »Taliban maintain al-Qaeda ties, deceive Washington
AT News KABUL: The Taliban who had vowed to cut all ties with the international terrorist organizations under a peace deal with the United States, are still holding relations with the al-Qaeda, an Islamist terrorist network responsible for the 09/11 attacks in New York and Washington, President Ghani’s office alleges, …
Read More »Put country first, learn from past mistakes: Khalilzad to Afghan leaders
AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that despite serious challenges, the peace-efforts reached an optimistic state for ending the four decades war in Afghanistan. In a message congratulating the 101st anniversary of Afghanistan’s Independence Day, he said that Afghans want peace and …
Read More »Five people killed in two days Kabul security incidents
AT News KABUL: Authorities said that at least five people were killed and 18 others injured in several security incidents, including the rocket attacks and sticky mine explosion during the past two days in Kabul, the capital city. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz told the reporters on Wednesday that two …
Read More »NKB merges with National Bank
AT News KABUL: Authorities at the ministry of finance said that New Kabul Bank (NKB) would be integrated with the National Bank of Afghanistan and the technical and legalization works have been underway. Shamroz Khan Masjidi, a spokesman for the ministry said that the merger of these two banks was …
Read More »Taliban denies meeting govt. representative in Qatar
AT News KABUL: Based on some reports a top government official has flown to Qatar to meet the Taliban representatives to ask them not to discuss the formation of an interim government and not put it on the agenda of the intra-Afghan negotiations. But the Taliban denied meeting them and …
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