After failing to meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the former US president Trump Administration and the Taliban, now the new deadline popped up. US troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11. The current US President Joe Biden after a rigorous policy review has decided to pull out …
Read More »COVID-19: 42 new cases, one death reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 42 new cases of coronavirus and one death in the last 24 hours across the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 57,534 cases around the country. The new cases were …
Read More »Britain to withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan: Report
AT News KABUL: Britain will withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan following the U.S. plan to withdraw its troops by Sept. 11, 2021, The Times reported on Wednesday. The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to hand over control of the academy in Kabul where troops help to train …
Read More »Will al-Qaeda be back to Afghanistan after US withdrawal?
AT News KABUL: The United States believes that the al-Qaeda terrorist network would try to return to Afghanistan once the American and other soldiers leave the war-hit country after 20 years of invasion under the name of ‘war on terror’. “Our intelligence evaluations say that al-Qaeda will likely announce its …
Read More »Qanooni to Danish: Our peace proposal is to end war and form participatory govt. acceptable for all
AT News KABUL: A senior member of the high council for national reconciliation, Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, who also leads the committee for forging a draft-proposal for the Istanbul conference, said their peace plan is to end the war and to form a participatory government with inclusion of everyone. He also …
Read More »Indonesian clerics denounce Afghan war ‘tyrannical’
AT News KABUL: The religious scholars in Indonesia condemned the ongoing war in Afghanistan as tyrannical, calling for immediate end in violence in the war-hit country. According to ministry of foreign affairs, the Indonesian clerics have condemned the war in Afghanistan as “illegitimate and tyrannical”. They have declared that violence …
Read More »Taliban kill three soldiers on first day of Ramadan in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Three members of the Afghan security force were killed by the Taliban in Zibak district of northern Badakhshan province on the first day of Ramadan, the holy month of the Muslims, local sources said on Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Nek Mohammad Nazari said Taliban captured the three …
Read More »Taliban overnight attack kills 10 ANA members in Balkh
AT News KABUL: At least 10 members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) have lost their lives and three more received injuries after a number of Taliban militants attacked their checkpoint in northern Balkh province, local sources said on Tuesday. Five more security forces were taken hostage by the Taliban, …
Read More »Afghan peace process is complex, ambiguous: Spanta
AT News KABUL: Former National Security Advisor, Rangin Dadfar Spanta expressed concerns on the Afghan peace process, terming it complex and ambiguous. He said that the Istanbul conference and next phases of the peace negotiations is very much complex and he has no clear views on it. Spanta vowed that …
Read More »Ready to exit Afghanistan when ordered: US Military
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: While no decision has yet been announced on whether US President Joe Biden will extend troop presence in the country, the US Army Chief of Staff General James McConville said that the military are ready to execute any orders to exit Afghanistan. He said “the administration …
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