AT News KABUL: Taliban and the US negotiators have completed peace negotiations, said sources familiar with the talks, but the US side seems not to be ready for signing a deal. The sources speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that the insurgents had agreed to reduce the violence for …
Read More »Over 14pc of women in military have suffered sexual harassment
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in its latest report about female security forces condition in the Afghan military ranking has said that over 14 percent of female officers had faced sexual harassments. The report has interviewed around 2,300 women officers between 18-40 ages, who are …
Read More »A dozen Taliban infiltrators in military ranks arrested
AT News KABUL: Local officials in southern Kandahar province have spoken of detention of 12 Taliban infiltrators in Afghan security forces ranks following criticism on government’s failure to refrain militants influence in the military. Provincial intelligence chief, Rahmatullah Atrafi said the detainees have placed in police personnel, and wanted to …
Read More »Paktians calls for halt in night raids
AT News KABUL: Tens of residents of southern Paktia province in a gathering called on security forces to put a halt into night raids – which have so far inflicted high casualties on civilians. The residents of Zormat district of the province have gathered nearby a graveyard of innocent people …
Read More »Confusion grips election with no results in sight
AT News KABUL: An eccentrically prolonged investigation of electoral fraud has set off bedlam in the critical contest for presidency for months, pushing trust in election commissions to the lowest ebbs and stoking doubts about the legitimacy of the eventual outcome. Election Complaints Commission has not so far sent its …
Read More »Nobody has right to veto peace; Hekmatyar
AT News KABUL: Peace is the most important national issues and a demand of all Afghan people and nobody has the right to veto peace, said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, presidential candidate and leader of Hezb-i-Islami party. At a news conference on Tuesday, he said no political consensus in the country has …
Read More »Editorial: Turn the tide of corona!
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak in China has now reached 1,016, after 108 people died from the virus on Monday, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began late last year. In addition, some 42,638 other people have caught the virus and are infected. Despite there is still ambiguity about the origin …
Read More »Six killed in Kabul bombing
AT News KABUL: A blast that ripped through a military university in Kabul killed at least 6 people outside its gates including 4 security service members. The attack wounded 13 after the suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest trying to ram into the university early in the morning, according to …
Read More »20 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 20 Taliban militants have been killed and five others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »172 Taliban fighters renounce violence in West
AT News KABUL: A 172 Taliban fighters, including commanders, have renounced violence and surrendered to the Afghan security forces in western Herat and Ghor provinces, ministry of defense said on Tuesday. Ministry’s spokesman, Fawad Amand said that 160 Taliban fighters with three commanders named Abdullah, Mohammad Yusof, and Mula Sarwar …
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