AT News KABUL: Justice matters—a social campaign titled “I see you” lunched in Kabul to make sure no injustice done through ongoing peace process that no clarity has been seen yet. A painting of US top negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad and Deputy Taliban Leader, Mullah Baradar, has been tinted on a …
Read More »Military Casualties Spike as Violence Intensifies
A few days after the U.S.-Taliban peace deal, violence has spiked across the country with belligerents killing 29 security personnel AT News KABUL: At least 29 security forces were killed on Wednesday amid deadly battles between the Taliban, government and coalition forces across the war-scarred Afghanistan. Taliban have resumed their …
Read More »Partial Truce Didn’t Last, but Exhortations Did
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: In a litany of Taliban’s refusal to sustain a temporary truce and amid resumption and intensification of hostilities, activists are now urging the insurgents to cease their campaign of terror and recommence a period of reduced violence until intra-Afghan talks begin. Former Secretariat Chief of the …
Read More »Deciphering the Afghan Enigma; ‘We Stand United for Restoring Peace’
AT News KABUL: Hamid Karzai, former Afghan president, met on Wednesday with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation. In presence of U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson, Hamid Karzai lauded Khalilzad’s peace efforts and the signing of peace agreement between the United States and Taliban. Both the dignitaries …
Read More »Massive Development Projects on the Cards
AT News KABUL: In the face of fragile security and economy situations, Afghanistan has been keen to lunch new development projects, helping to create new jobs and also provide more facilities to the masses. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development on Wednesday had signed agreement for at least 77 …
Read More »U.S. Airstrike Hammers Taliban Stronghold
U.S. jets pounded on a rebel-held stronghold in volatile Helmand on Wednesday, the first airstrike since a peace deal with militants earlier this week AT News KABUL: The U.S. military in Afghanistan said it has conducted an airstrike against Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan; only days after American and Taliban …
Read More »Karzai welcomes reduction in violence as ‘a great benefit’
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai called the week-long reduction in violence a “great benefit” to the people of Afghanistan. The reduction in violence was widely welcomed across the country, with people demanding it prolonged. In a statement, Karzai called on all the war parties to abandon war and …
Read More »Will Taliban cut ties with Pakistan?
Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Pakistan was the main devotee of Taliban’s 1990s regime with providing them with military, intelligence and economical supports. After the US entered Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11th attack conducted by the al-Qaeda on World Trade Center – and with whom the Taliban had strong ties, …
Read More »A New Phase of the Taliban War Has Arisen
AT News KABUL: Thanks to a recent U.S. peace agreement with the hardline Taliban, war has halved in Afghanistan, paving the way for political bargaining and lobbying amongst the warring factions. Even though the war still rages, prospects of the ongoing peace efforts seem fairly promising. As Abbas Istanikzai had …
Read More »We Demand an Honorable Peace, Not an Inglorious Treaty
AT News KABUL: A landmark U.S.-Taliban peace agreement has raised hopes for peace in Afghanistan. ‘Solidarity council of political parties’ on Tuesday welcomed the peace deal and said that they want an honorable and lasting peace rather than an inglorious treaty. Republicans Party chief, Habibullah Sanjar, in a gathering in …
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