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The US-Taliban talks officially came to a halt in early September when the US President Donald Trump stunned the world when he suddenly declared the Afghan negotiations with the Taliban “dead”.  Since the peace talks arrived at a stop, the preparations for the presidential election had been at full throttle …

Worsening security in Afghanistan in past four years has led to more than 14,000 violations against children, UN says. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Worsening security across Afghanistan has led to 14,000 violations against children in the past four years, including nearly 3,500 killed and 9,000 injured, a UN report said. …

AT News Report KABUL: The army freed 13 civilians held in a Taliban jail during an operation in the southern province of Helmand, the ministry of defense said. The ministry said Friday in a statement that the operation was launched Thursday night in the Din Mohammad village of the Nahr-e-Seraj …

AT News Report KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga while reacting to Meshrano Jirga Chairman’s remarks during the general session on Wednesday condemned the use of disrespecting and irresponsible words and said the lower house denounced such comments. This comes as earlier, the IEC head HawaAlamNuristani during a press conference had said …

AT News Report KABUL: Presidential Candidate, Abdullah Abdullah said on Wednesday that the non-biometric votes cast after the official voting time are invalid. The presidential election began at 07:00am on Saturday and ended at 05:00pm on the same day. Abdullah said that the voters’ number should be counted only based …

AT News Report KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of presidential candidates rejects ideas about election legitimacy despite low turnout, saying that people’s low participation in the Saturday’s contest overshadows its legitimacy. Hekmatyar who was speaking about the election issues on Wednesday, accused the “ruling team”” (Ghani and Abdullah’s teams) of fraud, …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Post, the state-run postal services company, has established a Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp to pay homage to the great Indian historical personality aimed at boosting Afghan-Indo friendship and bilateral ties between the brotherly nations. The Mahatma Gandhi postage label was unveiled during a ceremony …

AT News Report KABUL: Open media supporting organization in Afghanistan Nai on Wednesday said that insecurity on the Election Day curtailed the media coverage of the Saturday’s Presidential Election across the country. Officials of the Nai said that after the election, at least 250 reporters in 25 provinces during interviews …

AT News Report KABUL: In reaction to the Taliban representative’s tripe to Pakistan, the Afghan Presidential Palace said Wednesday that a peace process “led and owned” by the Afghan government is the only way of reaching peace, and stability in the country. “Peace is our priority,” said presidential spokesman, Sediq …

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban launched a failed attack to capture Khwaja Sabzposh district of northern Faryab province, which faced strict resistance by Afghan security forces, security official said Wednesday. Taliban massively attacked on Afghan forces checkpoints in Regrishan area of Khwaja Sabzposh district on Tuesday evening, in which …