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Loya Jirga better be convened at successful conclusion of peace talks Govt. lobbying for upcoming presidential polls in Jirga; It’s an electoral campaign Twelve electoral tickets boycotted Jirga; See no justifiable reason for it Taliban termed Jirga a dramatic effort; Govt. sabotaging peace process  AT News Report KABUL: A number …

AT News Report KABUL: Nine security personnel have been killed and five others receive injures after the Taliban fighters attack their security forces check-post in western Ghor province, an official said. Mirajan Ahmad, head of the provincial civil hospital, said nine bodies of security forces and five injured had been …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Foreign Deputy Minister Idress Zaman and Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jinsong held talks on Monday where Mr. Liu briefed him on the outcome of the second China-Russia-USA Consultation on Afghanistan The trilateral meeting was held on 25th of April in Moscow as well as …

AT News Report KABUL: The trilateral meeting between special envoys of United States, Russia and China in Moscow concluded on Thursday where they reached consensus on the Afghan peace process. It was the second trilateral consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, in which US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun, …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai praised Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan for his recent speech in which he had said that he was trying to help “a negotiated-based resolve of the Afghan crisis”. Karzai mentioned friendly relationships between Kabul and Islamabad, saying that “The people of Afghanistan …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Women’s Network, a social body working on women’s rights, call on the government and Taliban to hold a ceasefire, calling Taliban fighters as their compatriots. Women have been the most critics of Taliban who banned them from going to school and work outside house …

AT News Report KABUL: The parliament’s 17th work round opened on Saturday after a four-year delay from the constitution’s foreseeing, and six months after the legislative elections held on October 20. President Ashraf Ghani in his opening speech touched the peace importance, saying that he was committed to the government’s …

AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday welcomed statement by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on his appeal for reduction of violence and also of not be party to any internal conflict in Afghanistan anymore. Khalilzad says in a tweet that he “greatly …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) broke into a pair of Taliban prison in southern Zabul province and freed 53 prisoners—both military personnel and civilians held by the Taliban, security institutions said Friday. ANDSF raided a Taliban terrorist prison in Ulam village of Daichupan …

AT-KABUL- Afghan Ministry of Defense is working on a plan to collect unnecessary check posts in nonstrategic areas of the country and to resemble them in large bases and outposts. Asadullah Khalid, Acting Deference Minister in a press briefing on Thursday explained the ministry will dissolve all the unnecessary check …