AT News KABUL: At least nine people were wounded, including a woman, when a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated during Kabul’s afternoon rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. An explosive in a motorcycle exploded on Wednesday afternoon in 6th PD at Faiz Mohammad Kateb neighborhood and injured nine …
Read More »Calls intensify for extension of violence reduction
AT News KABUL: The National Peace Address, a social organization has called the term of reduction in violence be prolonged. Members of the organization asked the war parties to extend the violence reduction so that it could pave the ground for a complete cease fire. Taliban announced a week-long reduction …
Read More »Peace deal to be signed next week: Taliban sources
AT News KABUL: Sources close to Taliban say that all conditions of the reduction in violence were observed, announcing that they would sign a peace deal with the United States on Saturday February 29th. Jalaluddin Shinwari, attorney general in Taliban government (1995-2001), said Wednesday that the deal would be signed …
Read More »Abdullah Vows No Letup in Feud with Ghani
AT News KABUL: Self-anointed president Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with his grinding campaign for presidency, dismissing compromise with president Ghani. After the U.S. State Department and NATO called on politicians to rivet their attention to peace process, Abdullah touted Washington’s efforts to pave the ground for …
Read More »Coronavirus Breakout; Border Closure ‘Won’t’ Hurt Trade
AT News KABUL: Afghan government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to Iran earlier this week to stem the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia into the country. Ministry of Commerce and Industries said Wednesday that trade relations with neighbors is at its normal trend and a travel restriction on …
Read More »Stoltenberg Urges Afghan Leaders to Avoid Tensions
AT News KABUL: Amidst crisis ignited over controversial September presidential election, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a statement said any concerns about the electoral process should be addressed according to constitutional and legal procedures. “I note the final results of last September’s presidential election announced by the Independent …
Read More »Editorial: Nodding in agreement
As the political tensions rage in Afghanistan, the international community has also become fed up with the never-ending wrangling among Afghan politico. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on all Afghan political actors to refrain from taking steps that would escalate tensions and undermine political stability. The jousting for …
Read More »26 provincial-level regions in China report no new COVID-19 case
BEIJING: No new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection were reported Tuesday in 26 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland, according to health authorities Wednesday, Xinhua has reported. The Chinese mainland reported a total of 406 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, including 401 in Hubei, one in Shandong, Shanghai and …
Read More »Senior politicians discuss post-election crisis
AT News KABUL: Political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammad Karim Khalili, Mohammad Mohaqqeq, Hajji Din Mohammad, ANwarulhaq Ahadi, Batur Dostum and Salahuddin Rabbani held a meeting in Rabbani’s residence on Wednesday and discussed the problems and crisis came out after the announcement …
Read More »Trump mulls Afghan troop withdrawal, Taliban peace deal
AT News KABUL: President Donald Trump in a speech in India said on Tuesday that he is expecting a peace agreement with the Taliban very soon to formally end the war in Afghanistan and withdraw some U.S. troops. “We’re pretty close in signing an agreement,” Trump told reporters Tuesday in …
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