AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The closure of Pakistan’s airspace to commercial flights between Kabul and New Delhi has decreased Afghanistan’s exports, including dry fruit, vegetables, fresh fruit, carpets, and handicrafts, to India by 30 per cent, officials said. Tolo News confirmed that Afghan farmers and investors will have to face …
Read More »“Militants deliberately targeting Afghan civilians”
AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of sobering backdrop of the ongoing intense conflict across Afghanistan, the United Nations remains troubled that civilians are being killed in high numbers and urges all parties to the conflict to meet their obligations to protect civilians from harm, the agency said Sunday …
Read More »Four Taliban rebels killed by IED blast
AT News Report KABUL: At least four Taliban insurgents were killed and one other rebels received injuries after an Improvised Explosives Device (IED) went off prematurely in the central province of Daikunid province Sunday. Provincial Governor Ahla Rahmati told media that the militants had planned to plant the IED in …
Read More »AGO issues arrest warrant for Karim over sexual charges
AT News Report KABUL: The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Sunday issued arrest warrant for ex-football chief Keramuddin Karim a day after he was banned life from all soccer-related activities for abusing his position and sexually abusing female players. Spokesman for the AGO, Jamshid Rasuli has confirmed his arrest warrant. …
Read More »6 die, 5 wounded after vehicle plunges into water
AT News Report KABUL: Four children and two men are dead and four women and a child wounded after a passenger car carrying them plunged into water in southern Helmand province, an official said Sunday. MuladadTobagar, the Greshk district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident happened in …
Read More »Opinion: External factors of Pak terrorism
Traditionally, the state of Pakistan has an potential enmity with India by birth and a long–term border difference and ethnic tension with Afghanistan. After independence it has fought four declared wars with India without any success. The policy of Islamisation pursued by the regime of Zia-ul-Haq and later governments proceeded …
Read More »ED: Ghani to visit Islamabad
President Dr. Ashraf Ghani is going to make history by visiting Islamabad as he already scrambling with legitimacy as expiry of his constitutional term has already gone away in May 22nd. Earlier after assuming the office in 2014 he had made a visit to Islamabad as without any prior invitation …
Read More »Khalilzad’s efforts bring peace?
AT News Report KABUL: The United States peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad is in the region as part of his mission over the peace process in Afghanistan. Khalilzad has so far held six rounds of negotiations with Taliban representatives in Qatar to reach an agreement for the end of …
Read More »MPs accuse govt. of meddling legislative body
AT News Report KABUL: A number of members of parliament accuse the government of interfering in the parliament affairs, calling it “injurious” for the legislative independence. They said Saturday that the government makes obstacles for the resolving of problems made following election of parliament speaker last month that faced an …
Read More »Dostum warns against Taliban replacement by Daesh
AT News Report KABUL: First Vice Preisent, Abdul Rashid Dostum has warned that Daesh terrorist group would likely take Taliban’s place in the country’s long time war if the militants abandon insurgency. Daesh’s branch called Khorasan Province has already made footprints in Afghanistan and has strongholds in the eastern provinces …
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