AT News Report KABUL: Two new polio cases have surfaced separately in capital city of Tirinkot and Chora district of southern Uruzgan province, a statement from the relevant ministry said Sunday. A 30-month-old child and another six-month-old infant were permanently paralyzed as a result of the polio virus. According to …
Read More »Karzai condemns Kunduz attack as ‘aliens’ efforts’ to hamper peace process
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Taliban’s attack on Kunduz, calling it as aliens’ efforts to hamper the ongoing peace process. Taliban fighters launched massive attacks from several points on the Kunduz city, the provincial capital early Saturday. The militants were driven back by government reinforcements. …
Read More »Taliban attack on Baghlan’s capital repelled
AT News Report KABUL: Security official said that Taliban fighters carried out attack on Pul-e-Khurmi city, the center of the northern province of Baghlan early on Sunday morning, but the Afghan security forces defeated their nefarious design in a timely action. Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Nasrat Rahimi said …
Read More »US-Taliban peace talks 9th round ended with no clear agreement
AT News Report KABUL: The 9th round of peace talks between U.S. peace envoy and Taliban negotiation members ended with no breakthrough as they are at threshold of peace agreement. U.S Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday said that this round of talks concluded and they are …
Read More »Taliban’s IED blast kills 4 bomb makers, incinerating 80 shops in Ghazni
AT News Report KABUL: At least four Taliban militants have been killed and 80 shops were set in ablaze after Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) belonging to the Taliban group went off in southern Ghazni province, official said Sunday. Deputy Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Fawad Aman said that Taliban …
Read More »Kunduz attack reveals Taliban don’t accept peace in Afghanistan: President’s Spokesman
AT News Report KABUL: President Ghani’s Spokesman, Sediq Seddiqi on Saturday said that Taliban attack on Kunduz city showed that the group is not committed to peace in Afghanistan. Mr. Seddiqi continued that “the attack on Kunduz revealed that the Taliban don’t accept the opportunity of peace which provided by …
Read More »Taliban attack on Kunduz city left 80 people dead amid ongoing peace talks
AT News Report KABUL: Taliban massive attack against capital city of northern Kunduz province left 80 people dead and another 70 injured with the city remaining shut down for the entire day with all offices and business closed, several officials said. The city was attacked from three different directions at …
Read More »Govt. negotiating team must be inclusive: Khalili
AT News Report KABUL: Head of High Peace Council (HPC), Karim Khalili on Saturday stressed on the formation of an inclusive negotiating team for the upcoming peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Speaking at a campaign rally of Stability and Partnership ticket, he warned that if the …
Read More »Heavy clashes going on after Taliban attacked Kunduz city
AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters attacked northern Kunduz city today early mooring from different directions and heavy clashes going on between Afghan forces and the militants in and around the city. Ministry of Defense (MoD) Spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai said that hundreds of Taliban massively has attacked Kunduz city from …
Read More »After years of conflict, Afghanistan could be on the precipice of peace
By Seddiq Hussainy Peace process in Afghanistan has long been in tatters. After many failed attempts for negotiations, the United States is apparently nearing an agreement with the Taliban, the most resistant guerilla group in Afghanistan, to lay its arms down and become a legitimate political front. The United States …
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