AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission published a proposal on the perspective of intra-Afghan-negotiations, in which it called on the conflict sides to include the victims of the war in the process. A member of the AIHRC, Zabiullah Farhang said that the proposal contains four parts. “The …
Read More »Washington, Kabul hatch architecture of peace talks
Although the Taliban has close ties with al-Qaeda terrorist network, U.S. envoy Khalilzad is signaling green light on prospects of peace negotiations AT News KABUL: Top Afghan and U.S. officials on Tuesday discussed the structure of the Afghan peace process in a bid to hatch and define the roadmap of …
Read More »Anger simmers in Parliament over delay in cabinet appointments
AT News KABUL: The Afghan lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their anger over delay of the government’s cabinet appointments–saying that they would strip acting ministers of their authority if the government did not introduce its cabinets to the parliament. Deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house), Abass Ibrahimzada said …
Read More »Amid spike in virus cases, Russia sends medical supplies to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Russian federal government has donated a batch of medical supplies to assist the Afghanistan feeble health system amid a threatened pandemic coronavirus outbreak. The batch of the medical supplies arrived in Kabul on Tuesday with the presence of the deputy finance assistant of the Afghanistan ministry …
Read More »Four arrested over alleged rape in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Balkh have said that at least four people were detained over alleged of sexual assault of a woman in Dehdai district of the province. The detainees were arrested alongside two rounds of AK-47 on Monday late evening, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier, a …
Read More »Editorial: Splinter group
With each passing day, disturbing news or rather not-so-much validated rumors are propagated regarding the peace process and the engaged interlocutors. Recent reports that triggered concerns have been about the disarray in Taliban leadership due to emerging disagreements after several senior Taliban leaders fell ill to coronavirus. But hard on …
Read More »COVID-19 cases surge past 16,500
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 759 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 16,509 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,322 suspected samples, 759 were tested positive during this period. 266 …
Read More »2 killed including Dr. Niazi, 2 injured in Kabul mosque bombing
AT News KABUL: A terrorist bombing wreaked havoc at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday night, killing two worshippers including Afghanistan’s most revered clergies and injuring at least two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Imam of the mosque, Dr. Ayaz Niazi – a famous …
Read More »Chinese envoy reiterates support for peace process in meeting with Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday met with Chinese ambassador Wang Yu to Kabul to discuss Afghanistan’s ongoing peace process and prospects of its success. They discussed developments in the peace process and expressed hope that the intra-Afghan negotiations would start at the earliest to advance peace …
Read More »Watchdog warns against releasing notorious Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that any release of Taliban prisoners should be responsible. The commission stressed Monday that the government should not release the prisoners who have people’s blood on their hands. “No doubt the release of prisoners should be done to pave the …
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