US envoy’s renewed regional tour come as tensions are flaring up inside Afghanistan over the ‘reverse effect’ of his peace effort, which has only emboldened militants AT News KABUL: The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed the steps required for the start of …
Read More »Protesters gather near Iran embassy in Kabul to condemn killing of Afghans
AT News KABUL: A number of people attended a demonstration launched Monday by the Solidarity political party in front of the embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul to protest the allegedly death of three Afghan migrants by Iranian police. According to reports, three Afghan national who were illegally …
Read More »Afghanistan wants answers after Iran police killed 3 Afghan refugees
AT News KABUL: The Afghan president has called for an investigation into an Iranian police shooting a car and consequently setting it ablaze killing threes Afghan refugees last week. President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said that the President has thanked the acting minister of foreign affairs for diplomatically investigating …
Read More »Taliban runs opiate production and trafficking in Afghanistan; UN says
AT News KABUL: The United Nations says in a report that Taliban militants run the production of heroin and other narcotics in the south of the country, making millions of dollars. The UN research group said that the Taliban have recently formed a team named ‘regulation’ which is responsible to …
Read More »Afghanistan imports 114K tons of goods through Aqina port
AT News KABUL: More than 114,000 tons of goods have been imported to the country last week through the Aqina port, the Ministry of Transport said. Spokesman for the ministry, Mohammad Ashraf Haqshinas in a message to the media outlets said that the stock includes food materials, fuel and construction …
Read More »Editorial: Don’t play into the hands of enemies!
Despite the US-Taliban peace deal, a three-day Eid-ul-Fitr truce and promises of reduction in violence, fighting has further escalated in Afghanistan against all expectations. Violence continues to rise as attacks between both sides – the government and the Taliban – persist. Meanwhile, the US military informed of launching its first …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surge to 20,917
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that it has recorded 575 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 20,917 in Afghanistan. Out of 978 suspected samples, 575 were registered positive. 193 new positive cases were recorded in Kabul, 151 …
Read More »Roadside bomb kills teenager in Paktika
AT News KABUL: A 13 years old boy was killed and another one wounded after their motorbike hit a roadside bomb in Matakhan district of southeastern Paktika province, security officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Shah Mahmood Aryan said the incident occurred on Monday morning in Sayedo village of Mata-Khan. …
Read More »Khalilzad faces backlash over ‘counter-productive’ peace effort
AT News KABUL: The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace is facing backlash for failing to curb violence with his peace effort, as the Taliban is expanding by leaps and bounds. The Afghan Senate on Monday said the United States should press the Taliban more to make them relent and engage …
Read More »Afghanistan to set free remaining Taliban prisoners on condition
AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has said to release the remaining prisoners of the Taliban but in condition if the group adopts practical measures toward reduction of violence to help facilitate the long-awaited intra-Afghan talks. So far over 2,700 Taliban inmates were freed form Afghan custody as part …
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