AT Monitoring Desk SHARAN: Air raids conducted by the foreign troops have killed at least 18 Haqqani Network militants in southeastern Paktika province, an official said Sunday. Mohammad Ayub, an Afghan National Army (ANA) commander based in Birmal district, international troops conducted airstrikes in the area late on Saturday night. …

AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Afghanistan, Mr. Peter Prügel as well as representative of the Berghof Foundation. The two sides exchanged views on a range of issues, including the upcoming intra-Afghan dialogue. In this …

AT News KABUL: French Embassy in Kabul on Sunday welcomed the initial announcement of Afghan election results, saying, “We take note of the preliminary results of the presidential election.” The fact that this democratic process could take place in a difficult context is in itself a victory for the Islamic …

AT News KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the announcement of the preliminary results for Afghanistan’s presidential election and commends the country’s electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) – for their work leading up to the announcement. “On 28 …

By Mansoor Faizy Afghanistan can be called one of the dangerous places for various media outlets to operate. Ranging from insecurity, lack of protective legislation – or rather its proper implementation – to strongmen’s threats, there are many issues endured by the media people. Mostly journalists are the ones facing …

AT News KABUL: Two former Taliban officials say that a nationwide truce would be announced by next week as the US and Taliban negotiators have gained a peace deal. Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban commander said Saturday that the truce would long for 10 days and would coincide with …

AT News KABUL: At least 300 government forces are besieged by Taliban in the northern province of Jawzjan, provincial officials said Saturday. The troops both soldiers and police have come under the siege in their base called Tapa-e-Antan locating in the Darzab district. Nosratollah, the district police chief, said that …

Parliament declared invalid ‘Child Rights Protection Law’ AT News KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Parliament on Saturday declared as invalid the Child Rights Protection Law, despite it has been recently approved, and called for a legal review of the measures. On December 9, the Wolesi Jirga approved …

AT News KABUL: As the U.S. has pressurized the Taliban Qatar based political office to agree on a short-term ceasefire prior to the intra-Afghan-talks, some sources said that the group’s representatives have traveled to Islamabad to consulate the demand with their top leaders – who are settled in Pakistan. The …

AT News KABUL: After hundreds of religious scholars from northern Jawzjan province, on Saturday dozens of scholars from Baghlan has called for ceasefire between the afghan government and the Taliban to end the deadly war. They called on the warring parties to put an end to the ongoing war and …