Unity Government’s Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has refused to attend the Consultative Loya Jirga, scheduled to be held on April 29th to discuss ways and means for return of peace and reconciliation with Taliban resistance force, saying that not only him but also his electoral team would not attend the jirga. …

AT News Report KABUL: The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said it has sentenced 29 drug traffickers to short and long incarceration in the past one week.  CJTF in a statement said the primary and appeal courts have convicted 29 smugglers from two to 16 years’ …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan launched 43 tenders for natural resource projects as part of a global initiative to attract investment into its mineral sector that has assets estimated to be worth $1 trillion. Afghan Minister of Mines and Petroleum Nargis Nehan said 14 tenders would be opened for large-scale …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The exhibitions of Afghan artifacts and relics in China clearly demonstrated the good neighborhood and friendship between the two countries, Chief Curator of Afghan National Museum Ainuddin Sedaqat has said. According to Xinhua, the exhibitions of Afghan artifacts and relics in China clearly demonstrated the good …

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, says that he was not called to consulting over the preparations of the upcoming consultative Loya Jirga for peace. The Loya Jirga is set for April 28th with 2,500 representatives to give consultation to the government about peace process. Abdullah who is …

AT News Report KABUL: Ahmad Wali Massoud, a political figure and critic to the national unity government says that the government would lose its legitimacy after June, offering an interim government to fill political vacuum. Massoud who is also a runner in the president race, said Monday that the government …

AT News Report KABUL: The government of Afghanistan is trying to use China’s space for an air corridor to India, the civil aviation department said, a move after Pakistan closed its airspace for Afghan air transport in the wake of tensions with its immediate rival India. A spokesman for the …

AT News Report KABUL: The government says it has reached an agreement with Taliban insurgents to reopen schools closed due to insecurity in the militant-controlled areas, while some 400 schools are still closed by the insurgent group. “In some areas, there were obstacles for students to go to schools, and …

AT News Report KABUL: Iran claims that the United States was still transporting fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group to Afghanistan, after the group was defeated in Iraq and Syria. Iranian Mehr News Agency on Monday quoted General Kioumars Heydari, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, …

AT News Report KABUL: In yet another act of terror against education lovers, the insurgents on Monday have destroyed a school in western Farah province, leaving students at lethargies. Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Nasrat Rahimi said the enemies of the Afghan masses attacked and destroyed a school in …