By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The process of the prisoner exchange between the Afghan government and Taliban that lays out the long awaited intra-Afghan negotiations, in which the conflict sides are to discuss a ceasefire and to bring lasting peace to the country, appears again to face walls as the …

AT News KABUL: Two suicide bombers loyalists to the Daesh terrorist group, who had premeditated to attack a hospital and a media outlet in Kabul, were detained by the operatives of the National Directorate of Security, the spy agency said on Tuesday. The terrorists had been tasked to conduct attacks …

AT News KABUL: A local police commander and his three bodyguards were killed and 11 others received injuries in a car bombing in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, provincial officials said. A suicide car bomber targeted Mir Zaman, a local commander in Central Square of Koz Kunar district, Attaullah …

The coronavirus pandemic is still spreading rapidly worldwide as over 11 million people have been diagnosed with the novel virus. In Afghanistan, more than 33,000 people have been infected and over 880 have died so far. However, looking at the recent trends, the number of COVID-19 positive cases average around …

AT News KABUL: At least eight drug runners have been found guilty of drug trafficking and were sent behind bars during the past one week. A statement by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that two drug traffickers sentenced to two-five years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers …

AT News KABUL: The number of confirmed Afghanistan cases since the coronavirus pandemic has risen to 33,384 and the death toll has climbed to 920, according to the Afghan health ministry that sees the lowest infections and fatalities comparing to some countries in the world. 22 patients have lost their …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar said that a Pakistani spy-drone has crashed in Sarkano district of the province. A security source, who wished to be unnamed, said the crash occurred in Sar-e-Kamar village alongside the Durand-Line.   The Afghan security forces failed to approach the site of the …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have said they would hold talks with the government just one week after the last of their 5,000 prisoners was released from government jail. The group’s Qatar-based political office said on Monday that the government of Afghanistan should not postpone the release of imprisoned insurgents, …

AT News KABUL: Fazl Hadi Muslimyar senate speaker met on Monday with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Kabul Mohammad al-Khaledi, talking on strengthening of Kabul-Riyadh relationships. The Saudi embassy said in a statement that the two sides did not discuss construction of 100 seminaries and a hospital in Afghanistan by Saudi …

AT News KABUL: The government is not intended to release some 600 imprisoned insurgents, while it has released most of the 5,000 prisoners Taliban had demanded early this year. “The process of prisoner release is going on, but there are a number of them who will not be released because …