AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences for the death of a veteran poet Haidari Wojudi. In a message, Karzai called Wojudi a famous and mystic poet, who starting composing of poems in his teen ages and wrote a number of articles about the classic literature of Farsi …
Read More »Editorial: Resolving issues with neighbors
The Afghan peace process is on an upward trajectory in terms of progress and is inching the country closer to peace and stability. Invalidated speculations are floating that say the long-awaited intra-Afghan talks between the government and the Taliban would be held by the end of this month at the …
Read More »NDS captures Taliban weapon cache, drone in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security said on Wednesday that a large weapon cache belonging to the Taliban has been seized along with a drone used by the insurgent group. The intelligence agency said in a statement on Wednesday that the cache was discovered in the Batikot district and …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surpass 22k
AT News KABUL: With 684 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially recorded 22,143 coronavirus cases across the country. 21 deaths and 324 recoveries were reported during this period, counting the total dead as 405 since the spread of the virus in the society around three …
Read More »Deadly mine collapse in Samangan draws condolences
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai offered condolences over the collapse of a coal mine in the northern province of Samangan in which a number of workers died, injured, while some others were trapped inside the mine. The incident took place Tuesday in the Shabashak area of Dara-e-Soof Bala …
Read More »Conservative Friends of Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN’S WAY FORWARD The Conservative Friends of Afghanistan (CFA) is an influential British lobby group, based in London, and supported by a wide range of Conservative MP’s. CFA’s mission is to provide independent analysis and engage in campaigning, advocacy, policy-work and lobbying to improve understanding of Afghanistan’s complex context and …
Read More »Militants kill ex-senator in Logar
AT News KABUL: Wali Ahmadzai, a former Logar representative in the senate was killed by Taliban fighters in the province. Didar Lawang, provincial spokesman, said Tuesday that Ahmadzai was in Logar to attend his sister’s funeral that the insurgents killed him. Taliban have not yet commented on the allegation. Meanwhile, …
Read More »Anger simmers after school textbooks leave out Afghan Olympic medalist
AT News KBUL: A large number of people on the cyber space, protested the ministry of education for not publishing first-ever Olympics medalist Rohullah Nikpa’s photo in school textbooks. The two-time medalist Nikpa in Taekwondo is considered as a hero in Afghanistan as he gained the honor for his war-hit …
Read More »NATO says intra-Afghan talks are the only way to peace
AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban aimed at ending the war are the only way to achieving lasting peace in the war-torn country. Stoltenberg made the comments on Monday after a telephone conversation with the U.S. President Donald Trump regarding …
Read More »Kabul and Taliban ‘stand ready’ for talks
The Afghan nation fretted and trembled through a litany of leadership schisms and governance flaws and through pangs of Taliban insurgency for years. But ramifications of the tedious peace process now seem to be unfolding. AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and …
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