AT News KABUL: Russia’s Defense Minister says that the hasty withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has led to an increase in terrorist activities in the region, calling for swift action to tackle this growing threat. “Surge in terrorist activity in Afghanistan in the wake of the hasty withdrawal of …
Read More »Taliban delegation visits China
Taliban are clutching at straws in their pursuit of regional recognition. But, their pretentious façade and their attention-seeking obsession can never vindicate their malice and the never-ending cascade of their horrendous crimes. Their atrocities are sending shockwaves across the world and they have already faced strong backlash. A handful of …
Read More »Kabul says Pakistani terrorists slip into Afghanistan in droves
Afghan authorities believe that thousands of Pakistan’s terrorists are sneaking into Afghanistan through its unchecked tumultuous borders to wage a proxy war against Afghanistan in favor of Pakistan AT News KABUL: The presidential palace said Wednesday that thousands of terrorists enter Afghanistan from Pakistan to carry out the country’s proxy …
Read More »Exclusive: Taliban Puts Tajik Militants Partially In Charge Of Afghanistan’s Northern Border
DUSHANBE — When the Taliban captured a strategically important security checkpoint near Afghanistan’s border with Tajikistan last month, it assigned a Tajik militant to raise the Taliban flag on the site. The militant goes by the alias Mahdi Arsalon and has a group of fighters from Tajikistan under his command, …
Read More »Afghanistan records 544 daily virus cases, 62 deaths
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that it has recorded 544 new cases of coronavirus across the country over the past day and fatalities are at 62. Ministry said that out of 2,589 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 544 were reported …
Read More »Economic costs of Taliban’s foray; Afghanistan loses $33m in customs revenue
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has lost a staggering $33.5 million worth of revenue in the past month after the fall of seven customs ports in porous borders to the Taliban, officials revealed on Tuesday. Since a month, the government has lost control over Islam Qala, Torghundi, Abu Nasr Farahi, Spin …
Read More »Editorial: Pakistan’s deceptive gambit in Afghanistan
With the recent uptick in Taliban’s violence in areas under their control, Pakistan once again tried to fool the world by declaring that Taliban takeover of Afghanistan would be against the country’s national interest. This is utterly a false statement and the old counterfeit narrative of supporting a dignified Afghanistan. …
Read More »Afghanistan faces worsening food crisis amid conflict, droughts
AT News KABUL: Officials are warning that the country will slip into food crisis because of the conflict and droughts with millions of people in vulnerable areas at risks of food shortage. Afghans are in dire straits facing food insecurity due to the conflict and droughts, and this situation calls …
Read More »Karzai calls for more efforts for peace
AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, met with members of the Afghanistan rescue movement on Monday. In this review, the former president called on the government and the Taliban to take away from this foreign war, and through talks, to promote respectable peace in the country and for …
Read More »PTM to Pakistan: Stop interfering in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) during a huge gathering in South Waziristan on Tuesday called on Pakistan to stop its interference in Afghanistan, voiding opposition to the killing of Afghan people in the ongoing war. PTM chief Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen blamed Pakistan for using Pashtuns soil against …
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