AT News Report KABUL: A former jihadi leader called on the Taliban to hold negotiations with “Afghan sides”. Ismael Khan said Tuesday in Herat province, his birthplace, that Taliban should hold talks with the Afghans after the US President Donald Trump stopped negotiations with the militants. But provincial governor Abdul …

AT-KABUL: After four days of fighting, Taliban fighters Tuesday captured Yangi-Qala and Darqad districts of northeastern Takhar province, after government forces retreated from the districts, officials said. Northern districts of Takhar province were attacked by the militants four days ago and in result of the heavy fighting security forces last …

AT-KABUL: At least three people were injured in three consecutive Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blasts in Police District four of Kabul, officials said. In first blast, an IED was placed near a main road between Saleem-Karwan and Shaheed squares, detonated at 11:10am which injured three people. Second and third blasts …

AT-KABUL- Joint Afghan security forces in result the ongoing military operations in northeastern Badakhshan province today captured Yamgan district, four years after it was lost to the Taliban group, officials said. “Yamgan district was recaptured after four years from the Taliban fighters by Afghan security forces” Fawad Aman, a spokesman …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces stormed a Taliban prison in western Farah province and as a result rescued13 hostages, officials said on Friday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said that the Special Forces conducted the raid in Bakwa district of Farah. The statement …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Using railway, Afghanistan exported 1,000 tons of talc stone to China through Hairatan dry port in northern Balkh province during an official ceremony on Thursday. It is for the first time Afghanistan is sending the stone to China. Officials from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China besides their …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Angelina Jolie has given her support to female-led Afghan film “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” made by first-time director Sahraa Karimi. The pic, which has its world premiere Friday at the Venice Film Festival, chronicles the lives of, and the difficult choices facing, three Afghan women from different …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have retaken control of Wardooj district – which had been in the Taliban’s hands over the past four years – in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials from relevant ministries said on Friday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) jointly …

AT News Report KABUL: Key Taliban member among 22 other rebels have been killed in an ongoing military operation of the Afghan security forces in Narkh District of Maidan Wardak province, official said Taliban’s Red Unit commander for central Maidan Wardak was among 22 militants killed ,the Ministry of Interior …

AT Monitoring Desk KABULL: The 3rd round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue will be held today (Saturday) in Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad. Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, will lead their respective delegations. The agenda of the dialogue focuses on political relations …