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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: In a litany of Taliban’s refusal to sustain a temporary truce and amid resumption and intensification of hostilities, activists are now urging the insurgents to cease their campaign of terror and recommence a period of reduced violence until intra-Afghan talks begin. Former Secretariat Chief of the …

AT News KABUL: Hamid Karzai, former Afghan president, met on Wednesday with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation. In presence of U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson, Hamid Karzai lauded Khalilzad’s peace efforts and the signing of peace agreement between the United States and Taliban. Both the dignitaries …

AT News KABUL: In the face of fragile security and economy situations, Afghanistan has been keen to lunch new development projects, helping to create new jobs and also provide more facilities to the masses. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development on Wednesday had signed agreement for at least 77 …

AT News KABUL:  The period of reduction of violence across Afghanistan was an important period for the Afghan people said US forces and Resolute Support Commander Gen. Scott Miller who visited Special Operations Corps in Kabul with Deputy Defense Minister Yasin Zia. “It’s a start for the peace pathway. And …

U.S. jets pounded on a rebel-held stronghold in volatile Helmand on Wednesday, the first airstrike since a peace deal with militants earlier this week AT News KABUL: The U.S. military in Afghanistan said it has conducted an airstrike against Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan; only days after American and Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai called the week-long reduction in violence a “great benefit” to the people of Afghanistan. The reduction in violence was widely welcomed across the country, with people demanding it prolonged. In a statement, Karzai called on all the war parties to abandon war and …

Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Pakistan was the main devotee of Taliban’s 1990s regime with providing them with military, intelligence and economical supports. After the US entered Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11th attack conducted by the al-Qaeda on World Trade Center – and with whom the Taliban had strong ties, …

AT News KABUL: Thanks to a recent U.S. peace agreement with the hardline Taliban, war has halved in Afghanistan, paving the way for political bargaining and lobbying amongst the warring factions. Even though the war still rages, prospects of the ongoing peace efforts seem fairly promising. As Abbas Istanikzai had …

AT News KABUL: A landmark U.S.-Taliban peace agreement has raised hopes for peace in Afghanistan. ‘Solidarity council of political parties’ on Tuesday welcomed the peace deal and said that they want an honorable and lasting peace rather than an inglorious treaty. Republicans Party chief, Habibullah Sanjar, in a gathering in …

AT News KABUL: With the issue of Afghan society which is considered a misogynist and patriarchic have brought up the Afghan women into a gridlock, and really looking toward ending the social taboos against them.  The patriotic society has yet to over the challenges of force and early marriage, family …