AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized on the cooperation by the regional powers particularly Russia and China with stability in the region. “We all including Afghanistan, Central Asian states, and particularly the region’s great powers Russia and China to fully and closely cooperate to control situation in …
Read More »Trump pardons two soldiers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump granted clemency to two US Army officers convicted of, or charged with, war crimes in Afghanistan. A full pardon was granted to Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who had ordered soldiers under his command to open fire on three men who were moving toward …
Read More »Delegation assigned to probe sexual abuse cases against school students in Logar
AT News Report KABUL: Speaker of the lower house of the parliament or (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani has appointed five members delegation to investigate the sexual abuse cases against school students in the southeastern Logar province. He called the sexual abuse of students a cruel act, emphasizing that the …
Read More »‘Western hostages are likely dead’
AT News Report KABUL: Expressing concerns about the two foreign professors, Mir Rahman Rahmani, speaker of the Parliament said there is a possibility of death of the two instructors. Two Western hostages held by the Taliban since 2016. Moreover, in reaction to the three major Taliban prisoners’ return to Afghanistan’s …
Read More »Hamid Karzai for Valdai: No Full US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Should Be Expected Soon
The best solution for Afghanistan is to reach a negotiated political settlement with the support of regional countries and international partners: an agreement that is acceptable to all parties involved and that ensures a responsible withdrawal of foreign forces, former Afghan president believes. Full withdrawal of the US forces from …
Read More »Editorial: Revisit prisoner swap deal!
In the run-up to the third round of the intra-Afghan talks to be reportedly held on November 21 in China’s capital city of Beijing, the national unity government has took a huge political risk as it announced the release a leader of the Taliban’s Haqqani militant faction and two other …
Read More »35 militants killed in latest ops
AT News Report KABUL: At least 35 militants have been killed and eight others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »A key Taliban commander killed in Faryab
AT News Report KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban group was killed during fresh crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in northern Faryab province, defense official said Saturday. A dangerous commander of Taliban identified as Hafizullah famed to “cruel killer” was killed during an operation conducted by …
Read More »Reform process in foreign ministry ‘going on fast’
AT News Report KABUL: The reform process in the ministry of foreign affairs is “going on fast”, which includes employment, rules and policies, the ministry’s new spokesman Gran Hewad said Saturday. He said that the diplomatic body was in contacts with Afghan embassy in Tehran to get details over the …
Read More »Electoral fraudsters to be referred to complaints commission
AT News Report KABUL: The independent election commission says it would introduce people involved in frauds of the September 28 presidential polls to the independent electoral complaints commission. Officials in the election commission’s secretariat said Saturday that the body’s leadership ordered them to identify the fraudsters and refer them to …
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