AT News Report KABUL: At least 16 security personnel have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Kunduz province, not long after a two-day intra-Afghan conference in Doha just wrapped up on Monday when the Taliban and Afghan elites promised ‘to reduce violence’. The Taliban political representatives, Afghan government …
Read More »Resolution of Intra-Afghan Peace Conference; Cycle of violence must stop
AT News Report KABUL: At end of two-day all-Afghan conference in Doha, Qatar, a very optimistic impression has been come out in framework of a joint resolution to end the cycle of violence against Afghan civilians by stopping attacking public areas. The third intra-Afghan conference was carried by a group …
Read More »Afghanistan opens two new air routes as Pakistan airspace remains closed
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) said Tuesday that two alternative new air routes have been inaugurated following closure of Pakistani airspace for the Afghan overflights for more than four months now. The newly launched airways would facilitate flights from Afghanistan and connect eastern and western Asia, …
Read More »Khalilzad in China after Doha peace conference
AT News Reports KABUL: Concluding his seventh round of peace talks with the Taliban representatives in Doha,US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday said he headed toward China—a reflective of optimism by the Afghans over the recent all-Afghan talks. “I had a meeting with Taliban this (Tuesday) …
Read More »Editorial: Major breakthrough
Though the Qatar based political office of Taliban Tehrik yet to make minds for announcing a permanent and durable ceasefire to around 18-year long armed resistance but so far they earned hearts of war-stricken, agreeing for reducing violence by halting attacks on “religious centers, schools, hospitals, educational centers, bazaars, water …
Read More »36 drug traffickers sentenced to prison
AT News Report KABUL: At least 36 drug runners pleaded guilty of drug trafficking and had been sentenced to years behind bars during the past one week. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that 36 drug traffickers were sentenced to over one–five years’ …
Read More »7 members of a family killed in Baghlan airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: A large number of residents in northern Baghlan province took to the streets on Tuesday to give vent to their anger over martyrdom of at least seven members of a single family in an airstrike probably conducted by foreign forces in Pull-e-Khumri, the provincial capital city. …
Read More »Lack of ballot verification looms election crisis: Watchdog
AT News Report KABUL: While Afghans have less than 90 days to the third presidential elections, non-governmental electoral bodies warn that lack of a system to verify original ballots from the fake ones, would lead the contest to a crisis. The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA), said Monday the …
Read More »Pro-government participants make troubles in Qatar talks
AT News Report KABUL: A number of participants in the intra-Afghan dialogue in Qatar who support the government, are trying to make troubles to prevent an agreement between Taliban and Afghan politicians, KabulNews quoted a sources from Doha intra-Afghan conference. The sources added Monday that the two parties are working …
Read More »US, Taliban peace deal likely delay presidential election
AT News Report KABUL: The Wall Street Journal has written in an article that if the Taliban and US officials agree on a peace deal, it would cause a delay in the presidential elections. The third presidential race is scheduled for September 28, and the government says it would go …
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