By Seddiq Hussainy SHANGHAI: China is holding its second international import expo in its financial capital Shanghai as an attempt to open its gate to further inbound global trade, giving a brush-off to the west’s anxiety over its alleged trade malpractices amid a long-drawn trade war with the United States. …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned drone attacks on the Aryoub district of Paktia province and Dand-e-Shahaboddin district of Baghlan province, which inflicted casualties to civilians. Karzai denounced in a statement any military operations against civilians as inhumane and against Islamic principles. He reiterated demands to …

AT News Report KABUL: The Pakistani Embassy in Kabul on Monday announced the closure of its consular section for an indefinite period due to alleged safety and harassment concerns to its diplomatic personnel while the Afghan foreign ministry said it will probe Pakistan’s complaints in this regard. Meanwhile, the Ministry …

AT News Report KABUL: Presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral team claim that more than 300,000 fake votes were in the independent election commission’s data center that needed to be canceled. Noor Rahman Akhlaqi, a member of Abdullah’s electoral team said Monday that that 112,000 votes that were saved after official …

AT News Report KABUL: The women rights organization in northern Sar-e-Pul province has accused the Taliban group of committing violence against women in the province. Nabila Habibi, Provincial Director of Women Affairs said over 166 cases of violence against women have been registered in the past six months of the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least two people were killed during an armed clash over picking saffron harvest in western Herat province, local authorities said on Monday. The incident took place in Ghurian district of the province, the district chief, Farhad Khademi, told Ariana News. He said that two people …

Intensification of war in different parts of the country has underscored the lasting trauma of the escalating conflict that overshadows the impact of peace efforts to at least reduce violence to some level. The assassination of an Afghan government employee while his daughter was next to him has accentuated the …

AT News Report KABUL: Save the Children, an international organization has condemned the recent bombing took place in northern Takhar province that killed nine schoolchildren. The organization in a statement has called on the war sides to halt the “killing and wounding” of the Afghan children. A Taliban bombing killed …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 26 Taliban fighters, including three key commanders have been killed during fresh crackdown conducted by the Afghan forces in northern Balkh province, official said on Monday. Clashes erupted between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Taimorak area of Charbolak district, Rezqul village of Kushanda …

AT News Report KABUL: At least eight civilians, including four children were killed in a roadside bombing in northern Baghlan province, official said on Monday. A roadside mine went off at around 9:00am local time in Aka Khil area of Dand-e-Shahabudin district, in which eight civilians, including four children and …