AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China has appointed Liu Jian as the new special envoy for Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Wednesday. “Special Envoy Liu is a senior diplomat who has served as China’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Malaysia, Pakistan and other countries”, he said during his regular …

Some have taken umbrage at what they tout as unbalanced budget, slinging accusations on a few lawmakers to vote it through AT News KABUL: Afghan parliament on Wednesday passed the budget bill for the next year, igniting a firestorm of criticism and charges that the bill is drastically unbalanced and …

AT News KABUL: The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in a joint statement on Wednesday have condemned the sentence of a Pakistani Journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry by the Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan for allegedly possessing banned literature and spreading religious hatred. “Chaudhry, a journalist …

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has decreed the appointment of his deputy chief of staff, Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, as the deputy minister for political affairs and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. The same presidential decree has further ordered that the deputy for political affairs who replaced Idrees Zaman shall also lead …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …