AT News KABUL: The High Reconciliation Council is to be shaped soon as a replace of the High Peace Council formed in 2010. Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, a former jihadi leader said Monday that the new council would be formed to make a framework for talks with the Taliban. Sayyaf welcomed …
Read More »Kabul to welcome Taliban delegates at Bagram
AT News KABUL: Intelligence officials have said that the Taliban delegates will be received in Bagram airport under auspices of the ICRC, as part of virtual negotiations between the government and the Taliban to facilitate a phased release of militant prisoners. Government officials and Taliban representatives have been in three …
Read More »People must heed health warnings amid coronavirus alarm
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is on the brink of a new disaster that the already long-suffering Afghan people cannot afford. Coronavirus threatens to topple the country, if Afghans don’t begin to heed the advice of officials regarding the spread of Coronavirus. Key concerns are the disregard for new social distancing …
Read More »Police capture 4 tons of explosives in Herat
AT News KABUL: A truck full of 4,000kg explosive materials have confiscated by the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Monday. Police Special Forces unit succeeded to seize a truck full of 4,000kg explosives during a crackdown in Kang village of Ghorian district of the province, …
Read More »The release of 5000 prisoners as a goodwill gesture prior to peace talks and its implications
By Meetra Qutb The ‘prisoner release’ has long been as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to show a willingness to bringing peace. It is worth learning from the experience of the conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel, India and Pakistan, as there the British and the Irish governments, together with the Irish parties …
Read More »Coronavirus quarantine: People breaking public health order
AT News KABUL: Although strict precautionary measures have been introduced with Kabul city under quarantine, bevies of people thronged the city and intercity commute seemed unhalted on Sunday. Many shops are open and cars still commute. Nobody seems to comply by public health orders to self-isolate amid a citywide lockdown. …
Read More »Govt. releases 500 inmates to prevent virus pandemic
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Herat say that 500 prisoners would be released based on President Ahsraf Ghani’s decree aimed to prevent further outbreak of Coronavirus and to save their lives. Herat was the first place where the virus infected people with the refugees transferring it …
Read More »Govt. says peace team ‘final’
AT News KABUL: After the Taliban group has rejected to sit in talks with Kabul peace delegation, the Ministry of State in Peace Affairs emphasized that the delegation has been finalized after comprehensive consultations with several influential figures and that there would be no change in it. Spokesperson for the …
Read More »Pompeo wants Afghan warring leaders to unify
AT News KABUL: The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the government of Afghanistan’s team of peace negotiators and called on warring Afghan leaders to try to form an all-inclusive government. Pompeo in a tweet touted the Afghan leaders for preparing an inclusive negotiating team to make intra-Afghan negotiations …
Read More »EU seeks solution to Afghan stalemate
AT News KABUL: Ambassadors of the European Union in Kabul and the ambassador of Norway reiterated the EU commitment to the Afghan government in a meeting with president Ghani. In a statement, the EU representatives said, “We underlined the strong support provided by the EU and Norway to the institutions …
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