AT News Report KABUL: The 9th round of peace talks between U.S. peace envoy and Taliban negotiation members ended with no breakthrough as they are at threshold of peace agreement. U.S Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday said that this round of talks concluded and they are …

AT News Report KABUL: At least four Taliban militants have been killed and 80 shops were set in ablaze after Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) belonging to the Taliban group went off in southern Ghazni province, official said Sunday.  Deputy Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Fawad Aman said that Taliban …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ghani’s Spokesman, Sediq Seddiqi on Saturday said that Taliban attack on Kunduz city showed that the group is not committed to peace in Afghanistan. Mr. Seddiqi continued that “the attack on Kunduz revealed that the Taliban don’t accept the opportunity of peace which provided by …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russian Foreign Minister (FM) Sergey Lavrov in a telephonic conversation with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani discussed the settlement efforts in Syria and Afghanistan, TASS news agency reported.  “The Russian and Qatari foreign ministers discussed in detail …

By Seddiq Hussainy Peace process in Afghanistan has long been in tatters. After many failed attempts for negotiations, the United States is apparently nearing an agreement with the Taliban, the most resistant guerilla group in Afghanistan, to lay its arms down and become a legitimate political front. The United States …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban massive attack against capital city of northern Kunduz province left 80 people dead and another 70 injured with the city remaining shut down for the entire day with all offices and business closed, several officials said. The city was attacked from three different directions at …

AT News Report KABUL: The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has urged U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to make the safety of journalists a priority in his ongoing U.S.-Taliban talks. In a letter to the …

AT News Report KABUL: Head of High Peace Council (HPC), Karim Khalili on Saturday stressed on the formation of an inclusive negotiating team for the upcoming peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Speaking at a campaign rally of Stability and Partnership ticket, he warned that if the …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban insurgent group has said the text of the peace deal with the US officials has been finalized that would see American forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban promise that the country would not become a haven for international militants. Suhail Shaheen, …

The Afghan masses have experienced many forms of suffering in the last 40 years of war and anarchy at the hands of many actors. It is nonetheless horrifying that Taliban and other terrorist groups killed many civilians and still are hell-bent on killing more Afghan masses in their different terroristic …