AT-KABUL- A Taliban suicide bomber Thursday morning detonated his explosive laden mini-van in a civilian populated area of the Kabul city in which 10 civilians were killed and 42 more people were injured, officials said. The attack took place Thursday morning at 10:00am in Shash Darak neighborhood of Kabul city …
Read More »Taliban can’t win militarily: Stoltenberg
AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg said that they welcome the talks which are going on and they welcome the efforts by the United States to reach an agreement with the Taliban. “I think I will be very careful about speculating when such an agreement will be …
Read More »150 Taliban, Daesh shun violence in Kunar
AT News Report KABUL: 150 Taliban and Daesh militants have renounced violence and joined the peace process in eastern Kunar province of the country, officials said Wednesday. “110 Taliban and 40 Daesh fighters while brining 150 light and heavy weapons surrendered to government” Nasrat Rahimi, Spokesman for Interior Ministry said …
Read More »Afghanistan exports 20 tons’ fresh grapes to India via Chabahar
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan, for the first time exported 20 tons of fresh grapes to Indian via Chabahar port, the first of its kind since trade route has been launched. “Over the last three weeks, 100 tons and since its establishment 700 tons of domestic products have been exported …
Read More »Mullah Haibatullah among 26 Taliban rebels killed in Ghazni
AT News Report KABUL: A key Taliban commander, Mullah Haibatullah among 26 Taliban militants have been killed and 13 others received injures in an air crackdown conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Ghazni province. The airstrike was conducted in Qarabagh district of the province, in which a Taliban militants …
Read More »Govt. concern about US-Taliban deal, seeks clarification: Sediqqi
AT News Report KABUL: Just days’ after nine former US ambassadors have expressed their concern about US-Taliban peace deal, the government of Afghanistan also showed anxiety in the process, seeking clarification. Presidential Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said that Afghan government is concerned about the consequences of the deal same as …
Read More »“Afghanistan could collapse in ‘civil war’ if US leave prior Afghan-Taliban peace deal”
AT Monition Desk KABUL: Nine former US ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if President Donald Trump withdraws all American forces before President Ghani’s administration and the Taliban conclude a peace settlement. “A major troop withdrawal must be contingent on a final peace,” the …
Read More »Pakistan is number one most dangerous country in the world: Mattis
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: While the world has its fair share of hot spots, from Afghanistan to Venezuela to Yemen, former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said that Pakistan topped his list of most dangerous countries at an event in New York on Tuesday. “Of all the countries I’ve known, …
Read More »Delegates to carry talks with Taliban discoursed
AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani called political leaders to discuss the list of a delegate scheduled to attend the intra-Afghan dialogue, one day after the US special envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad met him to show the draft of an accord with Taliban and then outlined the …
Read More »147 Taliban rebels killed in fresh raids
AT News Report KABUL: More than 147 militants have been killed and 45 others wounded in latest military raids conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the operations were conducted in Ghazni, Maidan …
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