There seems no willingness and compromise shown by the warring sides to resolve the major stumbling block in the Afghan peace process, which is the issue of prisoner release. The Afghan government has reportedly freed over 4000 Taliban prisoners so far and the remaining 600 are said to be not …

AT News KABUL: China has applauded resumption of trade relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan after both the countries overcame impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Hua Chunying at regular media briefing in Beijing said that China wants to see better relations between the two sides and economic growth …

AT News KABUL: The National Security Council has announced that 50 other Taliban prisoners were released, pushing the numbers to over 4,000. Intizar Khadim, an official at the council said the newly released inmates were among the 600 prisoners, whom the government didn’t intend to free due to their high …

AT News KABUL: Off 572 suspected patients, the ministry of public health said that 159 of them were tested positive for covid-19 within the past 24 hours. The ministry in a statement said on Friday that the total tally of the coronavirus patients in the country surpasses 35,229. At least …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: 10 more Georgian soldiers serving in Afghanistan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. Reportedly, the 10 soldiers who are participating in the NATO Resolute Support Mission on a rotational basis in Afghanistan tested positive for the virus together with 28 other servicemen.  They were transported …

By Neela Hassan As COVID-19 forces closure of schools all around the world, UNESCO and Plan International warn that girls in developing countries will be hit the worst as the pandemic will increase school dropout among girls, which will entrench the education gap in many countries. School closures in Afghanistan, ranking among …

By Javier Delgado Rivera For starters, no breaking news. Afghanistan is still, and by far, the country of the world where most opium is cultivated – approximately 84 per cent of global production over the past five years. This is the World Drug Report 2020’s top-line remark on Afghanistan, a landmark publication …

AT News KABUL: Officials in Parwan province say that gunmen shot dead two people one of them a mullah (religious scholar) in the Sayedkhil district. Wahida Shahkar, provincial governor’s spokeswoman said that the incident took place early Wednesday while the two people were going to mosque for morning prayers. She …

Dostum extols for his role in breaking political impasses Ghani-Abdullah called to put differences aside and get united as country is in “critical condition” AT News KABUL: Abdul Rashid Dostum was given the highest military rank in a grand gathering of his fans and supporters, after waiting for months. The …

AT News KABUL: The work of construction of a hydropower dam has been stopped in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, people and civil society say. Construction of the Shorabak dam on the Kokcha River began two years back in the provincial capital of Faizabad city and was expected to produce …