Afghanistan has been jumbling with the adversities that have been posed by war since ages. The Afghans have suffered a lot and the country’s infrastructures trashed in the most rebellious way, taking years to rebuild. But hopes have emerged for a possible end to this deadly phenomenon after engagement of …
Read More »Doha talks prolonged over US withdrawal and prisoner release
AT News KABUL: A source close to the ongoing peace negotiations between Taliban and the US diplomats, have said that the talks had been lengthened as the sides are unable to agree on a complete US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the release of 5,000 Taliban fighters from government custody. Suhail …
Read More »Every Afghan wants peace and ceasefire, says survey
AT News KABUL: A survey launched by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Afghan Policy Group says that every Afghan wants peace. It says that 60 per cent of Afghans are optimistic to gaining of peace, while 40 per cent express concerns over the process, looking at it from ambiguity …
Read More »Protests erupt in Ghor in demand for welfare projects
AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of western Ghor province on Wednesday staged set-ins in front the of provincial governor’s office, demanding the authorities to pay efforts in launching welfare projects in the province. Ghor provincial council member, Abdul Hamid Natiqi said the government should have included funds for the …
Read More »70 insurgents surrender in Ghor
AT News KABUL: As intensive military operations to suppress the Taliban fighters have been in full-swing in the western part of Afghanistan, a local official in Ghor province have informed of surrendering of around 70 Taliban militants. Provincial Governor, Ghulam Nassir Khazi said the surrendered militants were strongly activated in …
Read More »Rebels ambush police checkpoints, killing 5
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have attacked two police checkpoints in southern Urozgan province and killed five policemen and one another, local officials confirmed on Wednesday. Chinartoy district chief, Faiz Mohammad Hanifi said, “On Tuesday night, the Taliban have lunched two separate attacks on security checkpoint in the district.” …
Read More »Widening political rift over mechanism of peace
AT News KABUL: There is a national consensus on peace but political rift is building up on its ways and means, according to the State Ministry for Peace – amid hectic negotiations between the United States and Taliban in Doha. The bone of contention is whether to accede to a …
Read More »‘We are sick of carnage, violence’, Kunar demonstrators
AT News KABUL: A large number of residents and clerics in a demonstration in Assadabad, the capital city of eastern Kunar province, have called for a ceasefire agreement between the government and Taliban to end the longest conflicts in the country. “We are sick of carnage and violence, we want …
Read More »Fate of the nation lies in hands of few commissioners
AT News KABUL: The fate of the Afghan nation lies at the hands of few election commissioners as the presidential election is becoming more and more compounded after a national consensus for a political settlement continues to founder. The prolonged election process has become very irritating in the face of …
Read More »WB envisages tough economic times for Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Against the backdrop of the Parliament’s passing of the national budget bill for the next year, the World Bank is warning Afghanistan will face tough times in 2020 in terms of economic resilience amid existential threats including the exponential political uncertainty and the dwindling foreign aid. Political …
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