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Talibanhad earlier hinted that reduced violence didn’t mean “cessation of fighting” and that isolated attacks shouldn’t be interpreted as “transgression” AT News KABUL: Three days after the Taliban insurgency agreed to a week-long ‘reduction in violence’ on Friday midnight, reportssuggested isolated insurgent attacks in a few provinces and killing of …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

AT News KABUL: A perennially acrimonious rivalry over a controversial presidency has just aggravated after the incumbent president Ashraf Ghani and the self-proclaimed Abdullah Abdullah both announced their plans on Sunday for a victorious oath-taking ceremony before weekend. President Ghani would take oath of office within the next five days, …

AT News KABUL: Following a one week reduction in violence between Afghan, US forces and the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would sign a peace deal with the group if the reduction of violence reached the next less than a week period …

AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Abdulla Abdullah is preparing to shape his government with his teammates saying that he would be sworn in soon. Abdullah failed to secure enough votes of the last year’s presidential polls and his rival and incumbent Ashraf Ghani was announced as the winner of election …

AT News KABUL: Analysts ask the security forces to keep outside of the current tensions between politicians. The tensions ripped almost across the country after the Independent Election Commission announced President Ashraf Ghani as the winner of last year’s polls. The announcement faced serious reactions from Ghani’s rivals especially the …

AT News KABUL: Loyalists and allies of self-proclaimed president Abdullah on Saturday appointed a new governor for Jawzjan province as part of an unfolding campaign to form a parallel state in defiance to the president-elect’s government. The Independent Directorate of Local Governance says governors of the country’s 34 provinces will …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of political convulsions among the Afghan elites over disputed election results, the US President’s aide Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday held separate meetings with leaders of two major political parties to discuss peace, election and other issues related to Afghanistan. Khalilzad who spearheads the United …

The realization of the reduction-in-violence plan in practice by the US, the Taliban and the Afghan government has been one of the cheerful moments for Afghans across the country. The violence reduction scheme has revived the war-ravaged people’s hopes about peace. The reduced violence is relieving Afghans’ agony as they …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan on Sunday has temporarily blocked any travel to and from Iran to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The decision has taking during special meeting of the National Security Council in Kabul, in which Afghan officials decided to temporarily block any travel …