AT News KABUL: Peace is the most important national issues and a demand of all Afghan people and nobody has the right to veto peace, said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, presidential candidate and leader of Hezb-i-Islami party. At a news conference on Tuesday, he said no political consensus in the country has …
Read More »Editorial: Turn the tide of corona!
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak in China has now reached 1,016, after 108 people died from the virus on Monday, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began late last year. In addition, some 42,638 other people have caught the virus and are infected. Despite there is still ambiguity about the origin …
Read More »Six killed in Kabul bombing
AT News KABUL: A blast that ripped through a military university in Kabul killed at least 6 people outside its gates including 4 security service members. The attack wounded 13 after the suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest trying to ram into the university early in the morning, according to …
Read More »20 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 20 Taliban militants have been killed and five others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »172 Taliban fighters renounce violence in West
AT News KABUL: A 172 Taliban fighters, including commanders, have renounced violence and surrendered to the Afghan security forces in western Herat and Ghor provinces, ministry of defense said on Tuesday. Ministry’s spokesman, Fawad Amand said that 160 Taliban fighters with three commanders named Abdullah, Mohammad Yusof, and Mula Sarwar …
Read More »NATO supports US efforts to end war in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO is fully support US peace efforts in Afghanistan. In a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday ahead of the meetings of NAOT Defense Ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg said “We fully support the efforts led by the United States to …
Read More »US and Taliban resume talks in Doha; Kabul expects Qatar to use mediation to broker peace
AT News KABUL: Negotiations between the United States and the Taliban resumed late Sunday in Qatar – after days of discussions on next steps for peace – with Kabul pinning hopes on Qatari government to use mediation to broker peace in Afghanistan. Deputy Spokesperson for the Presidential Palace, Dawa Khan …
Read More »Police make a dozen arrests as they tackle crime in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Police have carried out raids with suspected criminals in Kabul in a day of action that saw them make 11 arrests. According to officials, police have arrested 11 people in connection to plundering, robbery, carrying illegal weapons and disrupting of public order in 2nd, 3rd5th, 6th, 7th, …
Read More »Police officials barred from media speaking
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Interior has prohibited all police officials from interviewing with the media outlets. Massoud Andarabi, acting interior minister on Monday ordered all police chiefs, commanders and other personnel not to speak to the journalists and avoid expressing opinion officially. The order has been called to keep …
Read More »Pakistan to mark 4 decades of hosting Afghan refugees
AT News KABUL: Pakistani government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will host an “international conference” to mark “40 years of Afghan Refugees Presence in Pakistan: A New Partnership for Solidarity”, on 17-18 February, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement on Sunday. The two-day conference …
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