AT News Report KABUL: US President Donald Trump said that the number of his troops would decrease to less than 13,000 but a notable number of intelligence operatives would remain in Afghanistan to prevent “possible threats” against West posed by other terrorist groups. “The reason of our staying in Afghanistan …
Read More »Afghanistan rejects Pakistani diplomat’s remarks over peace process as ‘irresponsible’
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Embassy in Washington rejected Pakistani ambassador to the US, Assad Majeed Khan’s ‘reckless remarks’ that the ongoing tensions in Kashmir could affect the Afghan peace process. “Any such statements that link the evolving situation in Kashmir to the Afghan peace process are reckless, unwarranted and …
Read More »Trusting Taliban would be a ‘big mistake’: Graham to Trump
AT News Report KABUL: Soon after reports surfaced that US President Donald Trump was set to meet with his national security team Friday afternoon to discuss a pending peace agreement with the Taliban, US Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal opposition to Trump, warned him against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in …
Read More »Police seize over 1,000 kg explosives in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Police forces seized 1,040 kilograms of explosives during an overnight operation launched Friday night in southern Kandahar province. A statement released by Ministry of Interior, said that General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) conducted the anti-insurgency crackdown in Nish district of Kandahar Friday night, which …
Read More »Independence centenary to be celebrated only in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The cultural committee for holding the 100thanniversary of Independence Day said Saturday that due to security challenges across the country, the celebration will be only held in Kabul. “We had planned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Independence Dayin seven zones of the country and wanted …
Read More »ED: One century after independence
Afghanistan gained its independence from then only superpower the Great Britain after the third Anglo-Afghan in August 1919 during the reign of the young king Amanullah. The Britons who were ruling Indian sub-continent never imagined that the poor nation who lacked enough weaponry comparing to the enemy’s modern army armed …
Read More »Vocational Education and Training in Xinjiang
The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China August 2019 Contents Preface I. Urgent Needs for Education and Training II. Law-Based Education and Training III. Content of Education and Training IV. Protection of Trainees’ Basic Rights V. Remarkable Results in Education and Training VI. Experience in Countering Extremism Conclusion Preface Terrorism and extremism …
Read More »Trump to discuss Taliban peace deal with his advisers
AT News Report KABUL: The US President, Donald Trump is to meet his senior security advisers to discuss Afghanistan issues and the peace deal with Taliban. Reports said Friday that the meeting would take place with secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser, John Bolton and chief of US …
Read More »Spanta accuses US of continuing Afghan war by ‘secret deals with Taliban’
AT News Report KABUL: Former Foreign Minister, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, calims that Washington was endeavoring to keep the war in Afghanistan ablaze by secret deals with Taliban. He said in an article that the US was continuing an intelligence war in Afghanistan, a war that he called “dangerous for Afghanistan”. …
Read More »Taliban supremo Haibatullah’s brother killed in Quetta bombing
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: An explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan has reportedly killed the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, the supreme leader of the Taliban insurgent group. Well-placed sources have told Reuters that Hafizullah Ahmadullah, the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, was killed in a bomb blast at a mosque along …
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