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 …
Read More »Karzai not to attend Beijing talks because of Ghani’s ‘opposition’
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 …
Read More »Kabul blast leaves one foreign employee dead
AT News Report KABUL: A blast in Kabul, the capital city targeting United Nations vehicle has left at least one foreign employee dead, security officials confirmed. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the ministry of interior says five others were wounded in the attack occurred in Police District 9th at around 6:20 …
Read More »Security forces will prevent election violence: Khalid
AT News KABUL: Talking in a gathering on Sunday, the acting minister of defense, Asadullah Khalid said that Afghan security forces “will never allow violence” in the presidential polls. He also emphasized that the security forces have held their impartiality in the election process. “We know that our political leaders …
Read More »Moscow ready to cooperate with Washington fight terrorism
AT News KABUL: In an interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, the Russian deputy foreign minister, Oleg Syromolotov said that US has not sent any official proposal to cooperate in fighting terrorism in Afghanistan. However, he cited that Moscow “maintain productive cooperation with Washington through the special representatives on …
Read More »Farah citizens protest civilian deaths from airstrike
AT News KABUL: A large number of residents in western Farah province on Sunday staged demonstration over civilian casualties in an airstrikes that they claim has killed nine people in Postrod district of the province. The protestors have carried the dead bodies in front of the governor’s offices, saying that …
Read More »Editorial: Window of opportunity
Currently, the results of the fraud-tainted presidential election and the resumption of peace talks with the Taliban are two predominant matters which have brought Afghanistan to a turning point. The recent developments in terms of the peace process have increased optimism in this regard. Last week, the Afghan government released …
Read More »Afghanistan ranked bottom of QNI
AT News KABUL: The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) has ranked Afghanistan at the bottom of its list, while France tops. The index that ranks the quality of nationalities based on internal and external factors, ranked Afghanistan 158th in 2018, while it was lower in 159th the year before. Each …
Read More »Canadian embassy launches 16-day campaign to eliminate gender-based violence
AT News KABUL: The Embassy of Canada in Afghanistan on Sunday has launched its campaign to commemorate the “16 Days of Activism to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence”, by lighting up the Embassy with orange lights. This is the first of a series of initiatives taking place during the 16-day campaign starting …
Read More »Beijing talks on Afghan peace crop up
AT News KABUL: After some sources within the Taliban group said that secret talks have been ongoing between US Special Envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives in Qatar’s capital in Doha, seemingly the manifold delay peace talks in Beijing, the capital city of China, could likely to be taken place …
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