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AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a night raid in Paktika province that targeted civilians. The operation was launched Sunday night in the Barmal district, in which a number of civilians including women were killed and injured. Karzai said Monday in a statement that the operations …

AT News Report KABUL: The roads leading to the Loya Jirga place in western Kabul have been blocked by security forces, a move to adopt tight security for the jirga held Monday with the participation of 3,200 delegates from 34 provinces to seek ways for peace talks with Taliban insurgents. …

AT News Reports KABUL: At least three Taliban commanders along with their six associates have been killed and 12 others received injures in preemptive raids conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours in northern Faryab and Balkh provinces, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a …

By Farhad Naibkhel        KABUL: The Consultative Loya Jirga for Peace with 3,200 delegates in attendance has been inaugurated on Monday in the wake of rejection of many mainstream political parties, influential Afghan figures and twelve electoral tickets. Among participants, 30 percent of them are women, where they discuss the ongoing …

AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Federation’s Foreign Ministry on Monday reacted over revocation of intra-Afghan dialogue slated for 19-21 April to be held in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, criticizing the Afghan government for it.  Preparation was on full-swing where 250-member Afghan delegation had already assigned to take …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that peace depends on the people of Afghanistan, amid numerous criticisms by his political opposition who accuse him of sabotaging the ongoing peace efforts to prolong his power. President Ghani who was speaking Sunday to mark 27th anniversary of the Mujahideen victory …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai in a statement rejected the Consultative Loya Jirga held today (Monday) to discuss ways for peace as “not in people’s interest”, however, he calls the Jirgas as a united voice of Afghans raised to resolve big problems. Karzai called lack a consensus, …

AT News Reports KABUL: A new-born baby died on Sunday after his father was unable to cross security checkpoints established for the safety of Loya Jirga, and take him to medical facilities on time in capital Kabul. The baby was struggling with breath problem, while his father was stuck in …

AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalamy Khalilzad during his visit to Kabul in quest of peace, held meetings with Afghan officials, where he insisted over the need of intra-Afghan talks to be revived. Khalilzad briefed President Ghani and other Afghan government officials, said a statement …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Foreign Ministry in a statement has welcomed agreements and consensus reached between US, Russia and China on the Afghan peace in a trilateral meeting held in Moscow on April 24 and 25. The ministry has stressed over sustainable and dignified peace. “The most important …