AT News Reports KABUL: Aimed escalation of complex attack by the Taliban group against Afghan security forces, some political pundits say the group further engaged in assault just to take more leverage on current peace push from US just after Washington’s peace envoy and Taliban member concluded their fifth round …
Read More »46 Afghan refugees arrested in Peshawar
AT News Report KABUL: As many as 46 Afghans have been arrested who don’t have legal stay documents in Peshawar after police launched a campaign to arrest or deport them, Pakistani media reported Wednesday. The held Afghans neither had passports nor the proof of registration cards issued to the refugees …
Read More »Abdullah emphasizes on proper water management
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, emphasizes on a proper management of waters in the country, warning against “unpleasant consequences” if it was taken serious. “We possess good water resources. If we do not make basic steps for its management, it will affect Afghans’ lives in long term …
Read More »Govt. ineptitudes behind worsening security situation in Nangahar
AT News Report KABUL: The civil society activists in the eastern province of Nangarhar accuse the central government of inefficiency that has caused security situation worsen there. These activists said on Tuesday that terror, kidnapping and other criminal incidents have unprecedentedly increased in the once calm province, making residents concerned. …
Read More »US is not monopolizing Afghan peace process: Khalilzad
AT News Report KABUL: The United States is not seeking for monopolizing the peace process in Afghanistan and was planning to reduce its role to help Afghans take more responsibilities for gaining a durable peace, the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad says. He says that every states …
Read More »Khalilzad meets tribal elders, Taliban commanders in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad flew on Tuesday to the southern province of Kandahar, where he met with elders and people representatives from the Grand Kandahar (includes provinces of Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan and Helmand), KabulNews reported. The US representative for Afghan peace …
Read More »US official stresses need for vanquishing Taliban
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Congressman Rep. Ro Khanna has urged Republicans and Democrats to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to withdraw US trosops from Afghanistan, while stressed the need for vanquishing the Taliban group. In an interview on Monday, he said: “We need to put partisan politics aside and support …
Read More »“Terrorism is enemy of entire human race”
AT News Report KABUL: Chinse Ambassador to Kabul Liu Jinsong met with Maulvi Abdul Hakim Munib, Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs and leader of Harakat-E-InqelabIslamiMardum Afghanistan, where both sides talked over key issues where the ambassador briefed him on a whitepaper—the fight against terrorism and extremism and human rights …
Read More »NATO strives for intra-Afghan talks
NAT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr. Idrees Zaman on Tuesday met with NATO’s Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Nicholas Kay, where they talked over important events to be taken place in the future. Appreciating NATO member states’ support to Afghanistan in the recent years, Mr. …
Read More »Flood-affected families assisted in Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The government of Japan has begun distributing much needed relief items to the flood-affected families in Afghanistan. State Ministry for Disaster Management (SMDM) in a statement said the donated non-food items by Japan included 500 tents, 1,410 blankets and 384 shelters. SMDM minister Najeeb Aqa Fahim …
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