AT News KABUL: Afghanistan, Russia and the United States are set to hold a trilateral video conference in July-mid to discuss facilitating intra-Afghan negotiations, said Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, Moscow’s point man on the matter, said the meeting would be held on 15th of June. “The negotiations will …
Read More »Karzai expressed grief over military sting in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A recent military operation on the outskirts of Kabul city has unnerved former President Hamid Karzai, who strongly condemned the raid as an aberration. Mr. Karzai said the military raids are themselves a dilemma and that they do not present a solution to the Afghan dilemma and …
Read More »Karzai salutes departed veteran poet
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences for the death of a veteran poet Haidari Wojudi. In a message, Karzai called Wojudi a famous and mystic poet, who starting composing of poems in his teen ages and wrote a number of articles about the classic literature of Farsi …
Read More »NDS captures Taliban weapon cache, drone in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security said on Wednesday that a large weapon cache belonging to the Taliban has been seized along with a drone used by the insurgent group. The intelligence agency said in a statement on Wednesday that the cache was discovered in the Batikot district and …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surpass 22k
AT News KABUL: With 684 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially recorded 22,143 coronavirus cases across the country. 21 deaths and 324 recoveries were reported during this period, counting the total dead as 405 since the spread of the virus in the society around three …
Read More »Deadly mine collapse in Samangan draws condolences
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai offered condolences over the collapse of a coal mine in the northern province of Samangan in which a number of workers died, injured, while some others were trapped inside the mine. The incident took place Tuesday in the Shabashak area of Dara-e-Soof Bala …
Read More »Conservative Friends of Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN’S WAY FORWARD The Conservative Friends of Afghanistan (CFA) is an influential British lobby group, based in London, and supported by a wide range of Conservative MP’s. CFA’s mission is to provide independent analysis and engage in campaigning, advocacy, policy-work and lobbying to improve understanding of Afghanistan’s complex context and …
Read More »Militants kill ex-senator in Logar
AT News KABUL: Wali Ahmadzai, a former Logar representative in the senate was killed by Taliban fighters in the province. Didar Lawang, provincial spokesman, said Tuesday that Ahmadzai was in Logar to attend his sister’s funeral that the insurgents killed him. Taliban have not yet commented on the allegation. Meanwhile, …
Read More »Anger simmers after school textbooks leave out Afghan Olympic medalist
AT News KBUL: A large number of people on the cyber space, protested the ministry of education for not publishing first-ever Olympics medalist Rohullah Nikpa’s photo in school textbooks. The two-time medalist Nikpa in Taekwondo is considered as a hero in Afghanistan as he gained the honor for his war-hit …
Read More »Kabul and Taliban ‘stand ready’ for talks
The Afghan nation fretted and trembled through a litany of leadership schisms and governance flaws and through pangs of Taliban insurgency for years. But ramifications of the tedious peace process now seem to be unfolding. AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and …
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