AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a night raid launched in the Arghandi area, Paghman district of Kabul province, in which three civilians were killed. The former president denounced the attack as a clear cruelty against the people of Afghanistan. In a statement, Karzai said Wednesday that …
Read More »Moscow Likely to Host Intra-Afghan Talks’ Next Rounds
AT News KABUL: Moscow will likely replace Doha for hosting the next rounds of the ongoing intra-Afghan negotiations, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. “Despite reports on restarting of meetings about peace by the negotiating teams after a 45-day lull, we need to acknowledge that there is still an impasse …
Read More »Khalilzad discussed participatory Govt in meetings with Afghan politicians
AT News KABUL: The United States envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad who is in Kabul, has offered his new plan about the Afghan solution to the government and political figures of Afghanistan, an official at the US department of state said. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity, …
Read More »Targeted-Killings of Journalists Threaten Free Media in Afghanistan
These attacks serve one purpose to spread fear and limit the freedom of speech – these evil designs of the anti-media elements must fail By Basir Media is one of the main elements of a democratic society. It reveals and probes truths naturally and impartially. The poisonous circles in a …
Read More »Editorial: A New Idea Floats to End War
The U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad visited Kabul and met with Afghan leaders, almost all key and influential figures with aim to discuss new steps for accelerating the peace process, but this time with new approaches and a new plan. Indeed his full intention was to resume discussion …
Read More »Dozens of Taliban Militants Killed in Fresh Raids
AT News KABUL: At least 42 Taliban militants have been killed and 12 others were wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Wednesday. Afghan Air Forces targeted Taliban gathering in “Kabuliha” village in Qaisar …
Read More »Decrease Rainfalls, Drought Worrying Afghans
AT News KABUL: The severe droughts caused by frequent lack of rainfalls and snowfalls are worrying people in Afghanistan especially in the rural areas where people are mostly engaged in agriculture and livestock breeding. Baz Mohammad is a farmer in Badghis province in the northwest, where he also runs livestock …
Read More »Taliban Hiding behind Civilians: Mohib
AT News KABUL: The National Security Advisor says that the Taliban rebels are using civilians as shields on the battlefields in which the Afghan security forces had avoided conducting 2,000 operations in a bid not to harm them. “War has norms in every country, but the Taliban are not committed …
Read More »Fog computing a solution for data management in Afghanistan
Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash, Abdul Basir Osmany, Mursal Dawodi Faculty of Computer Science, Kabul University Abstract As in today’s businesses the process of acquiring, validating, storing and protecting the data is a critical and vital subject. Therefore, effective data management acts as an important part of organizations IT systems that …
Read More »Three Female Journalists Shot Dead in Nangarhar as Targeted-Killings Continue
AT News KABUL: Three female Afghan journalists were shot dead in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday as the brazen continuation of serial killings of journalists and the string of targeted-killings continue to take more lives in Afghanistan. The three slain female anchors were working for …
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