AT News KABUL: At least 134 Taliban fighters were killed in armed clashes with the national army in 10 provinces, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense on Tuesday. The statement said that another 65 insurgents were also wounded in the clashes took place over the past 24 …
Read More »Taliban studying Khalilzad’s peace plan
AT News KABUL: The Taliban say they are perusing a plan offered to their leadership by the United States envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad on peace in Afghanistan. Khalilzad met Taliban’s political leaders based in Qatar over the weekend and handed them his peace plan which suggests an interim …
Read More »Afghan politicians invited to Russia as second Moscow conference planned
AT News KABUL: The Russian Federation plans to hold another conference on the Afghan peace, Russian embassy to Kabul said. The embassy said in a statement that the conference was initiated by the United States, China, Russia and Pakistan, adding that a number of Afghan political figures were invited to …
Read More »Turkey Helps Illegal Migrants with Cash to Return Home
AT Monitoring DeskKABUL: Turkish institutions give a helping hand to illegal Afghan migrants by providing them cash for returning to their home country. The Directorate General of Migration Management said Tuesday on Twitter that 44 Afghan migrants voluntarily left Turkey to their home with a joint Project of Turkish and …
Read More »US Envoy Khalilzad to Remain in Doha for Now
AT News KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad would remain for some time in Doha, where the Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams have been conducting the fragile intra-Afghan talks. A spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price told the reporters that Washington had …
Read More »Khalilzad Visits Pakistan amid Afghan Peace Push
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States’ Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Islamabad to accelerate efforts on the Afghan peace process. The ambassador’s many official visits included a meeting with the Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, among numerous other senior civilian officials, …
Read More »U.S. Proposes Interim-Govt. Could Run Afghanistan until New Polls
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A U.S.-drafted peace plan for Afghanistan, reviewed by Reuters, calls for the current government to be replaced with an interim administration until a new constitution is agreed and elections held, while a joint commission monitors a ceasefire. The warring parties have long harbored deep objections to …
Read More »Govt. Bans Unlicensed Motorbikes in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The government has banned riding of unlicensed motorbikes to prevent the subversive and criminal activities across the country, authorities said on Tuesday. The interior ministry said in a statement that the decision was made by the National Security Council. According to the statement the governmental organizations and …
Read More »49 Drug Traffickers Sent Behind Bars
AT News KABUL: At least 49 drug runners, including three women were found guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of jail terms in the past one week. The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in a statement said that five drug traffickers were sentenced to two-16 …
Read More »10 Criminals Nabbed in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Kabul Police arrested 10 people on charges of different crimes during the latest crackdown in Kabul city. The Police have succeeded in capturing 10 people accused of armed robbery, disruption of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th and 15th PDs …
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