AT News KABUL: Kabul has been rocked with four consecutive magnetic bomb blasts on Wednesday that killed two police officers and injured five others. A magnetic bomb blast targeting a police vehicle killed two officers and wounded two others in PD 12 of Kabul city, Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz …
Read More »MPs Concerned About ‘Bactrian Gold Treasure’ Safety
AT News KABUL: The members of parliament (MP) warned the Bactrian Gold Treasure, the most precious reserve of the country would not be safe longer in case the corruption continues. The Bactrian treasure is the biggest monetary support for the national currency. The warning comes after the Special Inspector General …
Read More »Abdullah Insists on Nationwide Ceasefire
Women’s rights will not be compromised in peace talks with Taliban, Abdullah assures By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has once again called a nationwide ceasefire important to reach peace in the country. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Adbullah said …
Read More »Pentagon to Review Afghan Withdrawal
AT News KABUL: The United States plans to review the troop withdrawal program from Afghanistan. Washington agreed last year in a peace deal with Taliban to pull its last soldier from Afghanistan by May this year. Now the US media quote the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin as …
Read More »Saleh Urges UN to Thicken Taliban Criminal Cases
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh called on the UN and Human Rights Watch to thicken the Taliban’s files of crimes and face them with the findings met by Afghan National Police members. Mr. Saleh said that perpetrators of the attacks on media workers and civil society …
Read More »Biden, Stoltenberg discuss Afghan issues
AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg held talks with the U.S. President, Joe Biden to discuss the global challenges, including countering the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They discussed the range of challenges that NATO Allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing …
Read More »Taliban Deny Links with al-Qaeda
AT News KABUL: Taliban has denied the US Treasury Department Report regarding its ties and enduring partnership with the al-Qaeda Terrorist Network. A Taliban Spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that al-Qaeda was not present in Afghanistan. Mujahid said that the purpose of these reports is to weaken the …
Read More »Iran Not to Recognize Movements Empowered with War in Afghanistan
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will never recognize a stream that wants to come to power through war in Afghanistan,” Shamkhani said in a meeting with the head of Taliban’s political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. He stressed the need for participation of all …
Read More »Kabul Sees Beijing’s Role Key in Strengthening Regional Consensus for Peace in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Deputy and Acting Foreign Minister, Mirwais Nab met Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, where they discussed the Afghan peace process and bilateral relations. Mr. Nab touched on the importance of ceasefire and reduction of violence in the second round of Afghan peace talks in Doha, Afghan …
Read More »Afghan Youth Outlawed to Join Pakistani Seminaries
AT News KABUL: The government says it would do its best to prevent the youth and juveniles from going to Pakistan for learning religious subjects in the madrassas (seminaries). Ministry of Education claims that most of seminaries in Pakistan encourage students to extremism and even make them ready for suicide …
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