Despite the US-Taliban peace deal, a three-day Eid-ul-Fitr truce and promises of reduction in violence, fighting has further escalated in Afghanistan against all expectations. Violence continues to rise as attacks between both sides – the government and the Taliban – persist. Meanwhile, the US military informed of launching its first …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that it has recorded 575 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 20,917 in Afghanistan. Out of 978 suspected samples, 575 were registered positive. 193 new positive cases were recorded in Kabul, 151 …

AT News KABUL: A 13 years old boy was killed and another one wounded after their motorbike hit a roadside bomb in Matakhan district of southeastern Paktika province, security officials said.    Provincial police spokesman, Shah Mahmood Aryan said the incident occurred on Monday morning in Sayedo village of Mata-Khan. …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace is facing backlash for failing to curb violence with his peace effort, as the Taliban is expanding by leaps and bounds. The Afghan Senate on Monday said the United States should press the Taliban more to make them relent and engage …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has said to release the remaining prisoners of the Taliban but in condition if the group adopts practical measures toward reduction of violence to help facilitate the long-awaited intra-Afghan talks. So far over 2,700 Taliban inmates were freed form Afghan custody as part …

AT News KABUL: Afghan National Police have discovered and seized 95kg opium during a fresh crackdown in southwestern Nimroz province. Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) cell carried out an operation in Darwishk village of Kong district, in which discovered and confiscated 95kg opium, said a statement issued by the Ministry of …

AT News KABUL: Special US Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad discussed the steps required for the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations during his meeting with Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, the American embassy in Islamabad said on Monday.Khalilzad visited Islamabad on Sunday and held talks with Bajwa on the Afghan peace process. He is …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries has sounded the alarms of a precipitous decline in business and trade in northern Balkh amid an ever-galloping insurgent violence and rampant administrative corruption. Trade has plunged by a whopping 80 percent in Balkh, said Arash Younisi, head of the provincial …

AT News KABUL: The government has several times said that the Daesh terrorist group had been suppressed, weakened or even uprooted in Afghanistan, while the terrorist group claims responsibility for several attacks across the country. It took responsibility for three big attacks recently in Kabul and Nangarhar. The terrorist group …

AT News KABUL: Increasing crimes in the capital like armed thefts and target killings caused police to adopt new counter-crime plans. According to the plan, the taunted glass vehicles and unlicensed ones as well as weapons without permission are banned in Kabul. A joint command comprised of representatives from ministries …