AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and six others wounded after cross-line shelling by Pakistani forces targeted Sarkano district and Asadabad city, the capital of eastern Kunar province, provincial governor said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Nawpass areas in Sarkano district at the zero point …
Read More »NATO urges all parties in Afghanistan to seize peace opportunity
AT News KABUL: NATO has termed an Afghan-owned and led peace process aimed at finding a political resolution that ends decades of conflict as the only way to deliver sustainable peace to the Afghan people and to ensure Afghanistan’s long-term security and stability. NATO in a statement called on the …
Read More »Editorial: Stabbing in the back?
Availing from the relative lull in bilateral trust deficit – owing mostly to the peace talks – and the numerous issues Afghanistan is facing, our neighboring country Pakistan continues to fence the Durand Line. On one hand, it talks about partaking in meetings with Afghan officials to improve ties but …
Read More »Afghanistan records 254 new covid-19 cases
AT News KABUL: With 254 fresh positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 34,994 coronavirus cases across the country. According to Afghan ministry of health, 1002 covid-19 patients have recovered and 32 others lost their lives battling the virus during this period. The Ministry of Public …
Read More »China reaffirms support to Afghan peace process
Beijing considers Kabul in its priority list for COVID19 vaccine once it is ready AT News KABUL: China has once again reaffirmed its support to the Afghan peace process and promised providing more support to the Kabul administration in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The reiteration made during meeting between …
Read More »Afghanistan needs continued int’l support amid covid-19 epidemic
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s economy is set to contract by between 5.5 percent and 7.4 percent in 2020 because of covid-19, exacerbating poverty, and leading to a sharp decline in government revenues, says the World Bank in its latest biannual Afghanistan Development Update on Wednesday. Examining the Coronavirus impacts on …
Read More »Could Neutral Status Protect Afghanistan from Foreign Interference?
By Zia Nezam Afghanistan, a non-aligned country, was a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Belgrade, the capital of the former country Yugoslavia in 1961. NAM comprises 125 member states. After the United Nations, NAM is the largest grouping of developing nations in the world. NAM members include Iran, …
Read More »Editorial: Violence jeopardizing peace bid
The Afghan government and the Taliban group, to whom the US signed a peace deal, have been engaged in accusation spree raising fear of derailing the Afghan peace process. US-Taliban signed a landmark agreement in Doha on 29th February to end the 19-year-long war in Afghanistan where the war-weary Afghans …
Read More »Young thug “Zubair Danish” detained over firing incident
AT News KABUL: The ministry of interior said that it has detained a young thug, Zubair Danish, son of a member of the parliament, on charge of gun firing in public in Kabul city. Deputy Minister Abdul Sabor Qani said Tuesday that “Danish” has been handed over to the Attorney …
Read More »Govt. under fire for not taking action against fencing of Durand Line
AT News KABUL: Some members of the Lower House of the Parliament on Tuesday criticized government’s inaction against the fencing of the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province and asked authorities to take proper measures to stop the illegal acts of the Pakistani forces in the area. As part of …
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