By Maria Hayat Dear President Ghani, Your recent statement, as President who ought to establish law and order, calling on the people of Panjshir Province is a clear sign of your hypocrisy and duplicity.  The people of Panjshir have not and will not ever defend any criminal; but they do …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have beaten two women over the charges of venturing outside without a male accompanying them in Sar-i-Pul province. The Taliban Amr-bil-Maroof Chief, Mualvi Haleem, battered a patient woman who went to bazaar for visiting a doctor. Meanwhile, another woman faced the same violence because she …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai reacted to the United Nations’ fresh report over civilian casualties, saying that Afghan war was for the interests of aliens. “This is not the war of the people of Afghanistan, but the people of Afghanistan have been long victimized for the interests of …

AT News KABUL: The Corona virus pandemic has greatly affected female farmers’ business in saffron in the western province of Herat, as the domestic and foreign demand for the precious herb. Shafiqa Ataie, who started saffron cultivation 10 years ago in the Pashtoon Zarghoon district and made considerable profit, says …

AT News KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan, a non-government monitoring organization asks the government to engage people in the mine sector, saying that people are ready for cooperation. Sayed Ekram Afzali, head of the integrity watch said Tuesday that engaging people would prevent corruption and conflicts over mine extraction. “Our …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban has announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will take effect when then Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. The Taliban group on Tuesday evening in a statement declared a 3-day ceasefire staring from Friday, ordering its fighter not to attack Afghan security forces unless …

AT News KABUL: De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, a government company providing electricity for the country, said that it would soon transfer 200 megawatt power from the neighboring country, Uzbekistan. The decision made after Tajikistan cut 350 megawatt power agreed officially in a contract between Kabul and Dushanbe. A spokesman for …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and Resolute Support Mission have called on warring parties to reduce violence and halt killing and wounding of the civilians, following the UNAMA’s report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Head of the AIHRC, Shaharzad Akbar termed the high number of civilian …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to complete the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in the near time. “With this action, we look forward to the start of direct negotiations with the Taliban in a week’s time,” President Ghani said this in his address to the fourth Senior …

AT News KABUL: Two people have lost their lives as a result of magnetic bomb blast ripped through Kabul, the capital city on Tuesday morning, an official said. A magnetic bomb attacked to a police pick-up went off in Badam Bagh area at around 08:00am local time, said police spokesman …