AT News KABUL: Political pundits participated in the monthly session of Rana Think Tank, have called on all Afghans, including the leaders, to put aside their differences and seize the current opportunity for peace and desist the past blunders. The Afghans from leadership to ordinary, must learn from past faults …
Read More »Editorial: Transit trade with Pakistan
The transit trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been perennially on-again, off-again. Although there is a bilateral agreement between the countries, the constant closure of crossings triggered by strained ties has multiple times led to the suspension of trade. Recent contradictory happenings paint a perplexing picture of the current trade …
Read More »Afghanistan, Iran discuss regional, peace developments
AT News KABUL: Afghan Chief Exectuvie Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday met with Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, Bahador Aminian, where discussions surround the Afghan peace talks and regional issues. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views over bilateral ties, regional developments and efforts to achieve peace. They also lay emphasize …
Read More »Teenage girl murdered and mutilated by father in honor killing
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is one of the worst countries for female, where women facing high threats to make their own wish life as they even have to bear the toughest violence as part of the cultural taboos in the society, and they have been set in caves and provided …
Read More »Insurgents strike tens of health facilities in east
AT News KABUL: The Taliban fighters have destroyed around 50 public health centers and blocked over 112 others mostly in eastern part of the country during one year, top health official said on Tuesday. Minister of Public Heath, Ferozuddin Feroz in a press briefing talked about the ministry’s achievements in …
Read More »Taliban spokesman: ‘We have discussed future steps with Americans’
AT News KABUL: The Taliban’s spokesman in Doha said the insurgent group has discussed the next steps for peace negotiations with Americans in their Monday parleys. Suhail Shaheen said in a tweet on Monday that their negotiations with Americans continued till late Monday with presence of the US special envoy …
Read More »Afghanistan pockets millions in wake of Iran airspace closure
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority on Monday said the country is raking in an estimated revenue of around $100,000 per day after the biggest international airlines began steering clear of Iranian airspace in wake of the flare-up of Iran’s tensions with the US earlier this month. Following the …
Read More »Afghanistan imports $7.5m fuel from Kazakhstan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan purchased 14,000 tons for $7.5 million from Kazakhstan from January to November 2019, says a media report. AKI Press reported the central Asian country earned $21.6 million from petroleum exports during the 11-month period. Kazakhstan exported 42,700 tonnes of gasoline — up from 15,400 tonnes …
Read More »Airstrikes pummel Taliban stronghold in Ghazni, killing 15
AT News KABUL: Afghan Air Forces (AAF) conducted airstrikes targeting fighters loyal to the Taliban group in different districts of southern Ghazni province, in which at least 15 insurgents were killed, ministry of defense said on Tuesday. In the Gilan district of the province, eleven Taliban fighters were killed and …
Read More »Man wants justice for family members killed in Khost
AT News KABUL: Razo Khan, a resident of Khost province who has lost four members of his family in an operation launched by the Special Force unit of the National Directorate of Security, calls for justice. He said Tuesday that the Special Forces stormed his house in Khost in 2018, …
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