AT News KABUL: The Taliban has once again denied that members of Al Qaeda are present in Afghanistan. The denial comes in response to a U.S. general’s remarks suggesting that they still are foreign fighters linked to al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. The U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth Franklin McKenzie raised concerns recently that al-Qaeda …

AT News KABUL: After Taliban signed a peace agreement with the United States on February 29th in Doha, it was expected the group will reduce armed violence in Afghanistan and would stop their spring offensives during which the group usually send their fighters back to Afghanistan, after spending winter on …

By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: For the ages, the people of Afghanistan have been imitating their cultural practice that gives a special respect and solemnity to the Islamic clerics. Besides politicians, these clerics are considered the leading aspects of the society. Even the top political leaders are offering an honor …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Recently, the State Council Information Office of China issued a white paper entitled ” Fighting Covid-19：China in Action”, with a length of about 37000 words, to keep a record of China’s efforts in its own fight against the virus, to share its experience …

AT News KABUL: Farmers across Helmand are protesting that the wheat crop is being smuggled to Pakistan with considerably cheap prices. Wheat smuggling has even triggered a spike in flour prices in the southern Helmand province, farmers have said. If the government didn’t pay attention to the issue, they said that …

AT News KABUL: Ahmad Khaled Jalili lost his older brother in an armed clash between government forces and Taliban militants less than three weeks ago in the northern province of Baghlan. “My brother was one of thousands of youth who left this world with the peace-loving heart. He used to …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. point man on the peace process Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday and held a meeting with President Ghani, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, and former president Hamid Karzai. Khalilzad briefed the Afghan leaders on the progression of his …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said he believes Trump administration will not pull American troops from the war in Afghanistan unless intra-Afghan negotiations culminate into lasting peace in the war-weary country. If the US leaves Afghanistan, Kinzinger said, the Taliban will use Afghanistan against the United …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan, Russia and the United States are set to hold a trilateral video conference in July-mid to discuss facilitating intra-Afghan negotiations, said Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, Moscow’s point man on the matter, said the meeting would be held on 15th of June. “The negotiations will …

AT News KABUL: A recent military operation on the outskirts of Kabul city has unnerved former President Hamid Karzai, who strongly condemned the raid as an aberration. Mr. Karzai said the military raids are themselves a dilemma and that they do not present a solution to the Afghan dilemma and …