AT News KABUL: The dead body of a female police officer, abducted by the Taliban, was found in Andar district of central Ghazni province, local officials said on Sunday. The officer, whose body was found on Saturday, was working at the provincial detention center affairs. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Wahidullah Jumazada …
Read More »Taliban says freed prisoners won’t rejoin battlefields – are they?
Taliban accuses Afghan govt. of recapturing released prisoners AT News KABUL: The Taliban has asked their freed prisoners to stay at home and pin down from returning to the battlefields, a concern enveloping by the Taliban as the Afghan government rearrested some freed prisoners on the spot fighting against the …
Read More »Saudi to build 600 schools in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan embassy in Riyadh in a statement said that Saudi would build 600 schools in Afghanistan. Based on Afghan government’s offer, the compound of the schools would be constructed by the rural development communities instead of private sectors and that it would be monitored by an …
Read More »US to push Afghan sides sit in negotiating table
Khalilzad embarks on five-nation tour on Afghan peace AT News KABUL: The United States has dispatched a Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad to press for peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban—a deadlock in reconciliation due to controversies in prisoner swaps process. Top US negotiator, Khalilzad …
Read More »Iran rejects US claims, promises support to Afghan-led peace talks
AT News KABUL: The Iranian embassy in Kabul has rejected the US Envoy for Afghan Peace, Zalmay Khalilzad’s recent remarks over Iran’s position on Afghan peace process, stressing that Tehran supports the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace negotiations. Previously, Zalmay Khalilzad said that Iran did not fully support efforts to bring …
Read More »Editorial: The threshold of tolerance being crossed
Afghanistan continues to suffer at the hands of its evil neighbors. They give proper lip service to peace and stability in Afghanistan and falsely promise cooperation in this regard; however, their actions are literally stabbing Afghanistan in the back. In fact, they never want to see a peaceful Afghanistan because …
Read More »Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan climb to 36,157; death toll at 1,259
AT News KABUL: The coronavirus cases in Afghanistan saw a rise of 121 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 36,157, according to the Afghan health ministry. The death toll due to the virus rose to 1,259 with 12 new fatalities being reported in the last …
Read More »Afghanistan carps to UNSC on territory violations by Pakistan forces
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Adela Raz wrote to the President of the Security Council, Germany, to report on the most recent violations of the Afghan territory by Pakistan’s military forces and said the incursion represents a reiteration of violations as Kabul had previously expressed …
Read More »Taliban infiltrator kills 4 public uprising forces in Uruzgan
AT News KABUL: A Taliban infiltrator went on a shooting rampage and killed four members of the Uprising Forces in Tarinkot, the provincial capital city of Uruzgan province, officials said. The incident took place on Sunday morning at 04:00am local time at the uprising forces checkpoint in the north of …
Read More »16 civilians killed per day in Afghanistan, human rights body claims
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission claims that the recent increased insecurity has caused the killing of averagely 16 civilians each day across the country. “Our assessments indicate that averagely 16 people who have no role in the clashes are killed every day around the country. 630 …
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