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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ceasefire is pre-condition to peace talks with the Taliban, said National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib, who expressed government’s serious doubt over Taliban’s control on their frontline commanders and fighters, in which according to him Taliban are “not a single force”. “It’s important to the Taliban to …

Normally in the West and in most European countries the majority of the people have very little attachment to religion or the role of God in their daily lives. Most people in the West have given up attachment to religion at least since World War II. In fact, the basic …

AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar province said Monday that at least three Afghan women have been killed and four others, including a child wounded in thePakistani shelling from other side of the Durand Line. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Abdul Ghani Musamem said the shelltargeted a residential house …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States negotiator for Afghan peace has arrived in the Pakistani capital on Monday, Pakistan media reported. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, reached Islamabad via a special jet from Pakistan’s western neighbouring nation to meet with top officials involved in Kabul …

AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said it arrested eight officials in the Kabul International Airport on charge of smuggling. The intelligence agency said Monday in a statement that the arrested people were members of a smuggling network. “These people were arrested at a time that …

AT News Report KABUL: The electoral observers warn that any postponement in the announcement of the presidential election’s preliminary results could cause political crisis. The preliminary results of the September 28 presidential election was scheduled to be announced on October 19, but the independent election commission failed to announce it …

AT News Report KABUL: The members of parliament claim that peace leadership is held by individuals whose families are in abroad, referring to some members of the high peace council as well as officials in the state ministry for peace. The lawmakers said in the parliament’s Monday session that the …

AT News Report KABUL: Over 350,000 people have been displaced by conflict across war-torn Afghanistan during the current year so far, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). According to the OCHA’s data, overall, 354,664 people were displaced in 31 of the total of 34 provinces …

AT News Report KABUL: At least two construction workers have embraced martyrdom and five others received injuries after a mine detonated in an under construction school in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, official said. A mine placed by the enemy went off in a school, in which …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of Afghan politicians are believing that efforts of the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to achieve political settlement is moving very slow. Khalilzad was in Kabul recently, and held meetings with top Afghan officials to discuss the Afghan peace process. He …