By Dr. Matin Royeen After 42 years of political violence, the Afghan people deserve the opportunity to live in peace.   My country, the United States has embarked on a noble mission to negotiate a political solution to the costly Afghan conflict with Taliban.  In order to achieve a lasting peace …

AT News KABUL: Nazrollah, an army soldier taken hostage by Taliban in Kunduz province, died as he was too weak of starvation after being released. Nazrollah’s family said Sunday that he was kidnapped on the last days of the holy month of Ramadan and was released on the second day …

AT News KABUL: Tens of people in Parwan province took to the streets to protest attacks on civilians. The rally came one day after four civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Joy Dokhtar village, Seyah Gerd district of the province, north of Kabul. The mortar attack was blamed …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a bomb attack that targeted a vehicle carrying staff of Khurshid local television Saturday afternoon, killing 2 people including a journalist. Two staff members including a journalist and a technical worker were killed and six including a woman were fatally …

AT News KABUL: Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz ended his official mission on Sunday in leading Afghanistan’s healthcare apparatus, as the war-ravaged country sees surge in cases of the novel coronavirus. Mr. Feroz served as Afghanistan’s health minister for five years and his tenure officially ended on Sunday. “I am delighted …

AT News KABUL: Former Advisor to Ex-President Hamid Karzai, Shahzada Masoud said that the current peace opportunity, which is a historic one, should not be missed in a bid to reach a durable peace in the war-hit country. It has to be utilized in the best manner, he said. Pointing …

AT News KABUL: Kay Bailey Hutchison, the US permanent representative to NATO has said that the alliance’s troop withdrawal depends on American troop drawdown and that NATO would leave in coordination with the US at the same time.  Welcoming the acceleration of prisoner swap between the Afghan government and Taliban, …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of Kabul, the capital city, have staged demonstrations against the blockage of the Afghan sage—Abdul Hakim Alokozai’s treatment centers, calling on the government to allow him distribute the medicine that can treat covid-19 patients. Alokozai’s office said that they have prepared medicine but the …

AT News KABUL: Kabul police have arrested 13 people on the charge of different crimes during crackdowns carried out in Kabul city and its districts. Police succeeded in arresting 13 people accused of killing, armed robbery, plundering, stealing vehicles and mobiles of the citizens in PD 2nd, 9th, 10th,  15th …

AT News  KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that it has recorded 680 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to 15,205 across the country. Health ministry said that out of 1,112 suspected samples, 680 of them came positive in different …