AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: “Talking to the Taliban without the Afghan government in the room was a huge mistake,” the former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday, “because if we’re talking to the Taliban and the Afghan government isn’t involved, we …
Read More »China, Taliban discussed Afghan peace process
AT News Report KABUL: A nine member Taliban delegation led by Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s deputy leader, have visited China to discuss issues related to the Afghan peace process and peace agreement with the US. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen in a tweet says Ghani Baradar held a meeting with …
Read More »7 die as Rickshaw plunges into river
AT News Report KABUL: Seven members of a single family were killed when their auto-rickshaw plunged into a river on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in center Kabul province on Sunday. Hasrat Abdullah, the eyewitness, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Mahipar area of Sarobi district. He said women were …
Read More »50 per cent of polling centers to be likely closed on election day
AT News Report KABUL: A number of members of parliament foresee that half of the 4,942 voting centers would be likely closed on the day of election, arguing the security situation. The allegations come as government forces have launched offensive operations against Taliban fighters since last week all over the …
Read More »Ghazni’s Jaghato retaken after two years
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured Jaghato district of southern Ghazni province after two years being under bagged by the Taliban group, security official said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that Jaghato retaken after Afghan security forces conducted Operation Mobeen, involving airstrikes. Despite …
Read More »66 Taliban fighters killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News Report KABUL: At least 66 militants were killed and 26 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
Read More »Trump says he cancelled peace talks after Taliban’s rejection of truce
AT News Report KABUL: In a press conference with his Australian Counterpart Prime Minister, Scott Morrison at the White House, US President Donald Trump said he called off the peace talks with the Taliban group after they showed disagreement to nod for a ceasefire. He said the Taliban were under …
Read More »The long term socio-economic effects of Soviet takeover
The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan at the close of 1979 was a significant event that we can not overlook when analysing the situation as it exists today. The year between 1977 and 1987 saw a steady inflow of Afghan refugees into Pakistan and the use of Pakistan as a conduit …
Read More »More civilian casualties intolerable: MPs
AT News Report KABUL: Members of parliament condemned civilian casualties by Taliban’s latest attacks in the provinces of Nangarhar and Zabul, saying that more civilian casualties would not be tolerated by the people. In their Saturday session, the lawmakers called on security forces, foreign troops and Taliban fighters to be …
Read More »Afghan-US relations worsened: Analysts
AT News Report KABUL: Political analysts believe that ties between Kabul and Washington have been badly worsened that caused the US withhold tens of millions of dollars aids to infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. Also, members of parliament say that corruption, mismanagement and lack of transparency in the government body have …
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