AT News Report KABUL: Local inhabitants have been under extreme fear as Pakistani troops have fired a new barrage of rockets into Shultan district of eastern Kunar province, causing financial losses to people, local officials said Wednesday. Kunar governor’s spokesman, Abdul Ghani Musamam, said up to 200 rockets had been …
Read More »Khalilzad says he is ready to finalize remaining issues with Taliban
AT News Report KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that his country was ready to finalize the remaining issues of peace talks with the Taliban representatives, but if they “are ready as well”. “Productive week in Washington, briefed management on where we are and next …
Read More »Five terrorist networks busted in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Five terrorist networks were busted during operations carried out by intelligence forces in southern Kandahar province, the spy agency said Wednesday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives conducted operations in the provincial district as well as some districts of Kandahar, during which, 25 insurgents were …
Read More »Kabul wedding attack death toll increased to 80
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said that death toll from the Kabul weeding party attack increased to 80. The MoI spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said that death toll from Kabul wedding party attack has been increased to 80 people. He said that the number of wounded …
Read More »Editorial: Pakistani duplicity at its peak
As Afghanistan currently has more than enough of insecurity on its plate, Pakistani aggression on top of that makes the circumstances further worse for Afghans. According to local officials, Pakistani forces have fired up to 200 rockets into Shultan district of eastern Kunar province, causing financial losses to people, since …
Read More »29 drug traffickers sentenced to years in prison
AT News Report KABUL: At least 29 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to year behind bars in the past one week. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 29 drug traffickers sentenced to two – 15 years’ incarceration after …
Read More »Afghan forces inflict heavy casualties on Taliban in Ghor
AT News Report KABUL: At least 40 Taliban fighters including scores of their commanders were killed and eight others injured during a joint operation conducted by Afghan forces in western Ghor province. A press release issued by Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Wednesday that 40 Taliban terrorists were killed and …
Read More »Abdullah lambasts Ghani over release of Kabul Bank ex-CEO
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday lashed out at President Ashraf Ghani over the release of Khalilullah Ferozi, ex-CEO of Kabul Bank convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud. Meanwhile, Abdullah who is running for president in upcoming September polls, at his campaign rally here said the …
Read More »Small States foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities
By : Mohamad Mosa Ahmadzai Small states are those entities which are intrinsically small in size, population, face acute shortage of natural resources and have weak economic capabilities. The forum of small states (FOSS) a voluntary and informal grouping at the UN defines small states as those with population of …
Read More »Karzai meets Modi in Delhi, discusses peace process
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to New Delhi. The two sides discussed the Afghan peace process and expanding and strengthening of bilateral relations. The former president thanked Indian people and government for assisting Afghan people. India is …
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