AT News Report KABUL: The State Ministry for Peace Affairs has announced the negotiations were underway with China over details about the intra-Afghan talks, which is scheduled to be held next week in Beijing. However, a governmental source who wished to be unnamed told Radio Azadi that the Kabul delegation …
Read More »Taliban do not represent Pashtoons: Bushra Gohar
By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: A female Pashtoon politician says that the Taliban “are not the representatives of Pashtoons” According to her Taliban are an anti Pashtoon project with the purpose of destroying the Pashtoon identity, culture, lives and livelihoods on both sides of the Durand Line. In an interview with …
Read More »Kabul extols Khalilzad’s fresh Afghan peace efforts
AT News Report KABUL: The government welcomes new efforts by the US envoy for peace, Zalmay Khalilzad in recent overseas trips to discuss peace negotiations. Khalilzad was in Belgium on Monday where he met NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to discuss Afghan peace talks after the US president called off negotiations …
Read More »Spy operative killed in Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: Unknown gunmen have shot dead an intelligence operative on Tuesday morning in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in the Bibi Hawa High School area of the city at around …
Read More »Daesh leader forsakes violence in Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: A senior leader of the Islamic State, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group, have renounced violence by surrendering him to the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement released by provincial government, Fraidoon alias Neman Al-Bajuri surrendered to the Afghan …
Read More »3rd polio positive case registered in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Another new polio case, making third this year has emerged in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Senior Health Official Dr. Abdul Shakour Nasrat told Pajhwok Afghan News the fresh positive polio case had surfaced in Rambasi village of Dand district. He said it …
Read More »Moscow calls for civilian protection in Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement said that all efforts must be adopted to protect civilians in Afghanistan and condemned the October 18 terrorist attack took place during prayers at a local mosque in the Nangarhar province with over 70 people killed and many …
Read More »At least 16 police killed in Kunduz clashes
AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province said Tuesday that over 16 public uprising forces after Taliban insurgents attacked their security check points in Ali Abad district of the province. Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Rashid Basheer has confirmed the incident, saying that the clashes took place in …
Read More »IEC confirms NTC’s hallway’s locker broken
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission has confirmed the breaking lockers of the National Tally Center’s hallway, but emphasized that the lockers of the biometric data room have remained untouched. The Stability and Partnership electoral team, led by Chief Executive Abduallah Abdullah has earlier claimed that some people …
Read More »Aggressive military campaign against Taliban will continue until peace prevails: Pentagon Chief
AT News Report KABUL: US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper has said that aggressive military campaign against the Taliban group will continue until peace to be prevailed in Afghanistan through a negotiated political settlement while protecting achievements of the past 18 years. Esper said this in a press conference on Monday …
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