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By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Most of the hurdles that had impeded progress in the ongoing peace process were cleared when Consultative Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) voted / endorsed to release the 400 notorious Taliban prisoners, which the Government and some of its international partners hesitated to release because of their …

AT News KABUL: Sources in the government say that France and Australia are unhappy with the release of a number of 400 Taliban prisoners expected to be released from government custody. According to the sources who spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity, six of the prisoners are former service members …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says it would document the recent target attacks, called “deadliest tactics in the ongoing war”. The commission said on Wednesday that the casualties of the target attacks have caused serious concerns. It said in a report that the target attacks ignore …

AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that despite serious challenges, the peace-efforts reached an optimistic state for ending the four decades war in Afghanistan. In a message congratulating the 101st anniversary of Afghanistan’s Independence Day, he said that Afghans want peace and …

AT News KABUL: Authorities said that at least five people were killed and 18 others injured in several security incidents, including the rocket attacks and sticky mine explosion during the past two days in Kabul, the capital city. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz told the reporters on Wednesday that two …

AT News KABUL: Authorities at the ministry of finance said that New Kabul Bank (NKB) would be integrated with the National Bank of Afghanistan and the technical and legalization works have been underway.   Shamroz Khan Masjidi, a spokesman for the ministry said that the merger of these two banks was …

AT News KABUL: Based on some reports a top government official has flown to Qatar to meet the Taliban representatives to ask them not to discuss the formation of an interim government and not put it on the agenda of the intra-Afghan negotiations. But the Taliban denied meeting them and …

AT News KABUL: With 40 newly infected in the past 24 hours, now Afghanistan officially has 37,759 coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the virus started around six months ago. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 162 suspected samples, 40 were reported positive. 28 positive …

AT News KABUL: At least 31 Taliban insurgents were killed and 28 others wounded in multiple military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country. A group of Taliban planned to attack Afghan security forces checkpoint in Ghazari, Badghisi, Khanaqa and Anbig villages of Khwaja …

By Ehsan KABUL: Even after passing one hundred year from the era of Afghan Champion Ghazi Amanullah Khan, who inherited crown from his father King Habibullah Khan and then succeeded victory on Britain Empire, it seems that his era was one of the golden and astonishing eras of Afghanistan’s foreign …