AT News Report KABUL: The government and some political leaders have said they would not attend a meeting scheduled to be held as an ‘intra-Afghan dialogue’ with Taliban representatives on Sunday and Monday in Doha. Germany and Qatar are going to host the meeting welcomed by the United States that …

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah criticizes interferences in the electoral process, warning of an electoral crisis. Abdullah who is one of 18 hopefuls for the September presidential elections and once again a competitor to President Ashraf Ghani in the race, said that the people of Afghanistan could …

AT News Report KABUL:  The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is appalled by the Taliban-claimed attack on Monday in a civilian-populated area of Kabul, where schools, homes, media outlets and other civilian facilities were immediately nearby. Preliminary data indicates that the complex attack began with the detonation of explosives …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump, while maintaining that he wants the US to “just get out” of the 18-year mire of a campaign in Afghanistan, has now said he won’t do that after all – leaving behind a “very strong” intelligence presence. In an interview to Fox …

By Afrasiab Khattak China’s 21st-century grand strategy, formally called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes and beyond. Conceived by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, BRI comprises the Silk Road Economic …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Security Forces have killed and wounded hundreds of Taliban rebels in multiple extensive raids conducted in northern parts of the country within past two weeks, military officials said Tuesday. The 209st Shaheen Corps in a statement said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted …

AT News Report KABUL: Police forces in southern Kandahar province said Tuesday that they have killed a would-be suicide bomber before to reach the target. Provincial Police Spokesperson Qasim Azad has confirmed that the security forces gunned down a suicide bomber in front of 6th police district compound in Kandahar …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee lambasted government spokespersons for what it accused them of not giving timely information to the journalists that has caused barricade on freedom of speech in the country. The pro-journalists body said failure of government spokespersons for timely respond to the journalist’s questions, …

AT News Reports KABUL: A prominent religious scholar in Pakhtoonkhwa, Mohammad Khan Shirani, called Taliban the only reason of US troops’ existence in Afghanistan, saying the ongoing war was not a jihad, but a tool of facilitating the ground for the US invasion. Speaking to Mullah Abdul Khaliq, a senior …

AT News Report KABUL: Senators accuse the United States of seeking its own interests in the ongoing negotiations with Taliban representatives, held seven times to find ways for peace. The members of senate asked on Tuesday the government to hold initiatives of the peace talks. The US envoy for Afghanistan …