AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan government on Monday showed readiness for direct talks with the Taliban group, but officially there is no announcement of a delegation to carry talks with the group. “Selection of the delegation is one of many important issues,” said Sediq Sediqi, newly appointed spokesperson for …

AT News Report KABUL: In his meeting with Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah in northern Balk province on Monday, the Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov pledged his country’s investment of $45m on Afghanistan’s power transmission project aimed at bolstering ties with Kabul. Both sides also exchanged views on issues of mutual …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban insurgent group on Monday ruled out negotiations with the Afghan government immediately after the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed hopes for intra-Afghan peace talks in upcoming two weeks. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Doha said talks with …

AT News Report KABUL: National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib said there was a need to develop a regional coalition to bring stability and security in the region. The regional coalition could include Afghanistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, China and Russia. “There was a need to bring Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 31 militants have been killed and another 13 others received injures in a clash with the Afghan security forces in southeastern Paktia province, officials said Monday, adding some of the insurgents were Pakistani nationals. The Ministry of Interior in a statement said the Taliban …

AT News Report KABUL: Germany and Qatar showed willingness to jointly host next round of intra-Afghan peace talks between the Taliban representatives and the Afghan delegation, reliable sources revealed Monday. The peace negotiations between the US negotiators and the Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar entered its third day on Monday …

Whenever the United States Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad embark on peace talks with leaders and commanders of Qatar based Taliban, in return the already war-stricken countrymen are getting worst kind of violent and terror acts in Kabul and other regions. On Monday morning Kabul was rocked by a huge …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan senior security officials said residents of Kabul—the most populated city, have suffered 90 percent less from terrorist acts during spring of this year comparing same period of last year. National Security Council in a statement said as many as 40 people were killed in …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 67 militants have been killed and seven others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security official said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

AT News Report KABUL:Officials in northern Faryab province said that Taliban insurgents shot dead a 25-year old woman along with her three-year-old son on charge of cheating her husband. Zabihullah Jawad, Chief ofProvincialOffice of Human Rights Commission, confirmed that the Taliban took away the woman a week ago from his …