AT News Report KABUL: An amount of $20 million US dollars will be invested by private sectors on extraction and processing of chromites mines in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The amended contracts have been signed between the ministry of mines and petroleum and five private sectors are allowed for investment …

AT News Report KABUL: After US President Donald Trump declared peace talks with Taliban ‘dead’, the Kabul administration following the suit said it has suspended peace efforts until election slated for 28 September. President Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi in a press briefing on Saturday has put election as priority of the …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 26 Taliban fighters have been killed and a big explosive cache was demolished in a fresh crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Ghazni province, official said Saturday.    Commandos and National Directorate of Security (NDS) Special Unit 703 with support from …

In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement to halt peace talks with the Taliban, the preparations for the upcoming September 28 presidential election – which were widely expected to be delayed under any US-Taliban deal – went on into full thrust. In addition to that, the presidential …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 65 militants have been killed and 11 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security official said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration …

KABUL:  A U.S. airstrike killed a major ISIS recruiter in eastern Afghanistan. No other details are known, but this comes as ISIS, al Qaeda and the Taliban are all increasing their attacks in Afghanistan. The Taliban may have doubled down on their efforts to gain leverage over the U.S. in …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 11 police officers were killed by their own comrades in Kandahar province, local officials confirmed. The incident took place Friday night when two officers took guns and opened fire at their colleagues at an outpost in Damani area of the southern province’s district of …

Quite famous for his unpredictable and startling style of policy making on critical issues, the twitter obsessed President Trump called off the peace talks with Taliban after claiming that he was due to host Taliban and the Afghan president at camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, on Sunday, the …

AT News Report KABUL: Resident of central areas ask the government to ensure security of the Kabul-Bamyan highway, warned that otherwise, the road linking Kabul to Kandahar would be closed and elections would face challenges in the central provinces. Representatives of the provinces of Wardak, Bamyan, Ghor and Daikundi, attended …

The Afghan peace stakeholders should know better ground reality than seeking quick-fix solutions to the Afghan war and walking away from negotiations because dialogue makes things possible where abandoning it achieves nothing. The US President Donald Trump recently announced that negotiations with the Taliban – which had been ongoing for …