AT News KABUL: Head of the UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto has held a meeting with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, where they discussed issues related to Afghanistan presidential polls. Yamamoto called on Abdullah to cooperate with the election commission and its officials to pave the ground for a …

AT News Report KABUL: Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, and the start of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, the UN in Afghanistan has called on the Government and the Afghan people to further efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence, …

AT NEWS KABUL: Mohammad Mussa Mahmoudi, head of southern Logar’s civil society, who had shared the cases of sexual abuse against the school students in the province, has been disappeared, family members confirmed. According to his relatives, after receiving many threats, Mahmmoudi has left Logar for Kabul nearly four days …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed serious anxieties over continuing deterioration of situation in Afghanistan, asking President Ashraf Ghani to review and rethink his policies as the country was heading for a new wave of crisis. In a press conference on Monday, Karzai also talked about freedom …

As the resumption of Afghan peace talks seems to be in the pipeline, Afghans have apprehensions about the political future of the country. The Taliban have already hinted that in the next round of peace process, they would solely negotiate upon what Afghanistan’s future political dispensation should look like? It’s …

AT News Report KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) cell has arrested seven drug dealers during a fresh crackdown carried out in southern Kandahar province. The drug smugglers were arrested during an operation at Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar, Ministry of Interior said on Monday in a statement. According …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 31 militants were killed and 13 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 Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan to export 62,000 tons of pine nuts to China in the upcoming five years, said officials on Monday. The contract has been signed between Afghan and Chinese companies coordinated by Administration Affairs Office in Afghanistan Embassy in Beijing. The value of 62,000 pine nuts estimated …

AT News KABUL: 10 Indian women and children – all members of families of Indian fighters, most of them from Kerala – are believed to be among those hundreds Daesh fighters who have recently surrendered in eastern Nangarhar province. Almost 900 people, including Islamic State (Daesh) fighters and members of …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is not to attend the third round of the intra-Afghan negotiations scheduled to be held in Chine’s capital city of Beijing due to some opposition by President Ashraf Ghani. Karzai told Radio Liberty on Sunday that in his belief, the current situation is …