AT News Report KABUL: At least over 40 Afghan security forces have been killed and over dozens other wounded after Taliban insurgents intensified attacking security forces across the country with days. The Taliban stormed an army checkpoint in western Farah province, killing 20 soldiers and abducting two. In another attack …

KABUL: The Red Cross Society of China promised to continue providing medical treatment to Afghan children suffering from heart diseases and equipping the hospital treating such children in Afghanistan. Chen Zhu, head of the Red Cross Society of China, told a press conference here that Afghanistan and China kept their …

Peace is now a dream word for a nation who has past 41 years of its life under the shadow of war, the sound of gun, rocket and bomb and the fear of losing loved ones anytime. Some people, especially the young generations who were born and grew up during …

Jirga members call for immediate ceasefire 175 Taliban prisoners to be freed as a goodwill gesture Taliban reject Jirga’s resolution as “symbolic” and “failure”   By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A huge peace gathering under “Consultative Loya Jirga for Peace” aimed at finding an exit from ongoing deadly war ended on …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 30 militants have been killed as Taliban offensive to overrun Burka district in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province was repulsed on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting provincial government spokesman Mahmoud Haqmal. A group of Taliban insurgents, according to the official, launched a multi-pronged offensive …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Turkmen-US political consultations were held in Ashgabat, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry on Friday. The US delegation was led by Mark Moody, representative of the Office of Central Asian Affairs at the US Department of State. The regional issues, including the efforts …

AT News Report KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resumed peace talks with Taliban negotiation members in Qatar, where he in his opening session has underscored to the Taliban that the “Afghan people, who are their brothers and sisters, want this war to end.” Khalilzad who …

AT News Report KABUL: At least two police officers embraced martyrdom and three others received injures after their vehicle hit with a landmine in southern Helmand province, an official said Friday. Provincial Governor Spokesman Umer Zwak said the incident occurred in limits of 9th Police District in Lashkargah, the provincial …

 AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US military operations killed 120 civilians in 2018, including 76 civilians in operations against the Taliban and other militants in Afghanistan, the US Department of Defense said in an annual report to the US congress. Quoted by Washington Post, the department said that 42 civilians …

The United States special envoy’s visit to Islamabad and bilateral talks with high ranking officials and Pakistan Foreign Minister’s meeting with visiting Afghan delegates headed by Pir Syed Hamid Gillani was followed by lodging a protest to Kabul through Ambassador in Islamabad. The protest was lodged on the issue of …