‘Afghan government and the Taliban need to reach an agreement to resolve controversies related to the Afghan peace bid’ AT News KABUL: The reconciliation council calls on the government and Taliban to “peacefully resolve the problems over prisoner swap” as Ghani administration still insists on keeping 600 Taliban prisoners suspected …
Read More »Iran remains unhelpful in Afghan peace bid: US
AT News KABUL: The US Envoy for Afghanistan Peace, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran had not done as it was expected to help the peace process of Afghanistan. “Iran was expected to cooperate more with the Afghan peace process and the intra-Afghan talks, but it …
Read More »Afghan peace has become ‘proxy effort’
“ISI agents in the system must be confronted,” ex-NDS head Rahmatullah Nabil says. “Discrimination, corruption and injustice have reached their peak.” AT News KABUL: Former spy chief, Rahmatullah Nabil criticized disagreements between President Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, saying that discrimination, corruption and …
Read More »Tehran, Moscow confer on regional, Afghanistan affairs
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: In a meeting between the special envoy of the Russian President for Afghanistan affairs Zamir Kabulov and Iran’s ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali the two sides discussed regional and Afghanistan affairs. The two officials hold talks on the ongoing issues in Afghanistan and the vitality of …
Read More »Taliban commanders killed in Khost operation
AT News KABUL: At least four commanders of the Taliban along with their 14 comrades were killed in fight with the Afghan security forces in southern Khost province, military officials said on Saturday. The ministry of defense said in a statement on Saturday that the clash occurred after the militants …
Read More »Two killed in Kabul shootout
AT News KABUL: Two people were killed and two others wounded after a verbal dispute turned into gun shooting in Kabul city, a security source confirmed. The source, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that some vagabonds were holding a party with women dancing on 15th of July …
Read More »Afghan forces kill 42 Taliban rebels in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 42 Taliban insurgents during latest military stings in different provinces across the country. In addition to that, 31 others were wounded during these crackdowns, security officials said on Saturday. A group of Taliban fighters planning to attack the national …
Read More »Ghor clash leaves four commandos dead
AT News KABUL: Local officials in western Ghor said that four members of the Afghan National Commandos were killed and four others wounded in the fight against the Taliban insurgents in Ferozkoh, the provincial capital city. Head of Provincial National Army, Mahmood Andarabi said the Taliban attacked the security force …
Read More »Editorial: War or peace?
When all stakeholders claim of inching closing to the start of intra-Afghan talks, Afghans expect they are finally on the verge of heaving a sigh of relief. But then tragic incidents of violence are carried out by the warring sides – with civilians being the ones victimized to a great …
Read More »Afghanistan coronavirus: 22 patients die in past 24 hours
AT News KABUL: 22 patients have died in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Saturday. In total, 1,247 patients have lost their lives battling the virus, and 24,793 others recovered since the outbreak of the virus started in Afghanistan four months ago. Health ministry …
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