AT News Report KABUL: The Russian government emphasizes that Iran should be included in the quadrilateral format for Afghan peace talks. Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said in an interview that Moscow wants Iran be included in the format of Russia, China and the United States on peace negotiations of …

AT News Report KABUL: The US state department says that Daesh terrorist group and Haqqani network are still a threat for Afghanistan. The state department annual report says that Daesh once active in 2018, has been weakened to expand its influence areas due to operations launched by Afghan and foreign …

By Hamayun Khan The word “Afghanistan” abruptly captures one’s mind when the very term “Terrorism” comes up. Afghanistan has been a battlefield and a strategic roadmap that bridges a gap for the regional powers to reach their targets. a report published in the year 2018 says that Afghanistan has bypassed …

After the considerable expansion of Soviet Union up to the borders of Afghanistan, the British Government in India became conscious about its defence and began trying hard to take the ruler of Kashmir at their command for the smooth implementation of their security policy in the region. The British did …

A damning report by a US advocacy group, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), accused CIA-backed Afghan strike groups of committing extrajudicial executions, orchestrating disappearances, conducting indiscriminate airstrikes, attacking medical facilities and carrying out other violations of international humanitarian law. The 61-page-long report alleged that these strike units belonging to the …

AT News Report KABUL:  Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral team says that 137,000 votes registered in the election commission’s data bank, are not valid. In a letter to the commission, Abdullah’s team has said that information about these votes were saved secretly in the data bank and no electoral team knew about …

AT News Report KABUL: A political party claims that a peace plan announced lately by President Ashraf Ghani, was faulty and incomplete. The Peace and Development party leader Jawad Hosseini, said Friday that the plan creates parallel entities for peace strengthening and some parts of it are not practicable. Hosseini …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As part of his visit to Tashkent, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan held a meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the National Unity Government, Kazinform – a news agency has reported on Friday. “We attach importance to the strengthening and expansion of mutually profitable cooperation with …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it would welcome any steps that lead to electoral transparency, in a reference to investigations about the job of German biometric company of Dermalog that was responsible for presidential election’s biometrics. The commission officials said Friday that investigation should be …

AT News Report KABUL: Some 48 per cent of people in the rural areas do not have access to drinkable water, the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development says. The ministry said Friday that it was working hard to provide villagers with healthy drinkable water, while arguing that 52 per …