AT News KABUL: Taliban’s Red Unit Commander along with his 23 fighters was killed during an operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in northern Jawzjan province on Friday night, official said Saturday. Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) conducted crackdown against terrorist in Aq-Chashma area of Darzab district …
Read More »‘Secret talks between US, Taliban in Qatar’
AT News KABUL: A former member of Taliban has confirmed that secret talks have been held between US Special Envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban representatives in Qatar’s capital, Doha. A privy source and former member of Taliban Mullah Qalumddin told Khabarguzari Jamhor that after a two months interval, the …
Read More »Election disputes have dangerous consequences: FEFA warns
AT News KABUL: Official from Free and Fair Election Foundation for Afghanistan (FEFA) said that election has been misleading from its main path with the ongoing tension and dispute between the Independent Election Commission and electoral teams. But IEC said that the preliminary results would not be announced until the …
Read More »EU allocates €40m in fresh humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The European Commission has allocated an additional €40 million in emergency assistance to Afghanistan. The aid is meant for those affected by the worsening humanitarian situation in the country, as well as for Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran. “EU allocated extra €40M in emergency assistance …
Read More »Editorial: Protests getting out of control
It’s been more than a week that Iran is submerging nationwide protests sparked by a two-fold rise in fuel prices and the rationing of petrol. As per the Iranian authorities, the spike in fuel prices is ostensibly acting in the public interest and that the money raised would be distributed …
Read More »US Senators introduce bill for oversight of Afghanistan ‘Peace Process’
AT Monitoring Desk KABULL: US senators, Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would guarantee congressional oversight in the Afghan peace process. The legislation requires U.S. diplomatic peace efforts try to achieve a political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, and any agreement …
Read More »16 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News Report KABUL: At least 16 militants were killed and 14 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
Read More »Ghani’s office accused of lying
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential palace (Arg) and the White House released different statements on a phone talk between President Ghani and his American counterpart on Kabul’s help in the freedom of two university professors. President Ghani’s office cited President Trump as calling ceasefire as a precondition for the peace …
Read More »Research and Development plays a critical role in the innovation
By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash, One of the strongest instincts we have is the desire to learn new things about the world we live in. In fact, through our entire life we never stop learning new things. This has been crucial for our survival, but it also stimulates our curiosity. …
Read More »Election result not acceptable: Presidential candidates
AT News Report KABUL: The Presidential Candidates Council (PCC) has announced that it would not accept the results of the election, saying that the electoral commissioners committed fraud should be prosecuted. Speaking to a news conference in Kabul, Ahmad Wali Masoud, a member of the council called the current process …
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