AT News KABUL: The NATO-member countries having troops in Afghanistan would withdraw simultaneously when the United States leaves, the German defense minister said Tuesday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that all the NATO troops would withdraw from the war-stricken country before September 11 when Washington pulls its last soldier back. “The NATO …
Read More »Rahmani warns of civil war if U.S. troops exit rashly
AT News KABUL: Speaker of the lower house of the parliament (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani on Wednesday has given a pessimistic view saying the U.S. troop withdrawal would pose a possible civil war in Afghanistan. “The withdrawal of troops was one of the wishes of Afghans for a longtime …
Read More »Khalilzad to push Taliban for participating in Turkey Conference
Turkey hosting conference on the Afghan peace between representatives of Afghanistan and Taliban from 24 April till 4 May amid intensive diplomatic efforts to find a negotiated political settlement to Afghan war AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad is purportedly persuading the Taliban top …
Read More »Girl mountaineers on Peak of Baba Mountain in Bamyan
AT News KABUL: Tamanna Jahan and Nazima Khairzad are two girl mountaineers who conquered the Shah Fooladi, the highest point of Baba mountain in Bamyan province for the first time. Provincial governor office said Wednesday that Tamanna Jahan and Nazima Khairzad are the first mountaineers who managed to climb the …
Read More »Eight police officers join Taliban in Farah
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Farah say that eight police officers have deserted and joined the Taliban. The officers have joined the militant in Farah city, provincial capital of the same name, according to local officials. Allah Dad Qaneh, head of provincial council, said Wednesday that …
Read More »Editorial: New Deadline
After failing to meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the former US president Trump Administration and the Taliban, now the new deadline popped up. US troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11. The current US President Joe Biden after a rigorous policy review has decided to pull out …
Read More »COVID-19: 42 new cases, one death reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 42 new cases of coronavirus and one death in the last 24 hours across the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 57,534 cases around the country. The new cases were …
Read More »Britain to withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan: Report
AT News KABUL: Britain will withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan following the U.S. plan to withdraw its troops by Sept. 11, 2021, The Times reported on Wednesday. The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to hand over control of the academy in Kabul where troops help to train …
Read More »Will al-Qaeda be back to Afghanistan after US withdrawal?
AT News KABUL: The United States believes that the al-Qaeda terrorist network would try to return to Afghanistan once the American and other soldiers leave the war-hit country after 20 years of invasion under the name of ‘war on terror’. “Our intelligence evaluations say that al-Qaeda will likely announce its …
Read More »Qanooni to Danish: Our peace proposal is to end war and form participatory govt. acceptable for all
AT News KABUL: A senior member of the high council for national reconciliation, Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, who also leads the committee for forging a draft-proposal for the Istanbul conference, said their peace plan is to end the war and to form a participatory government with inclusion of everyone. He also …
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