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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 …

AT News Report KABUL: The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad claims that serious steps were not taken from Afghans regarding the peace process and an intra-Afghan dialogue, despite the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan would pose no threat to the world. “No serious steps have been taken over …

AT News Reports KABUL: Sar-e-Pul provincial council says that the Taliban “activities have vastly increased in the province, adding that the group extort the welfare projects and enjoy supports from drug smuggling. Head of provincial council, Mohammad Noor Rahmani, said on Wednesday that the Taliban conduct night attacks on the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker has encouraged Afghan youth to find their collective voice and take the lead to promote and safeguard the last 18-year progress made in their country. “We respect the wisdom of Afghan elders, but we invest in Afghan youth. Now is the …

AT News Report KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday released its quarterly report on the protection of civilian casualties in armed conflict that indicated a 23 percent decrease in civilian casualties across the country. According to report in the first quarter of 2019, the UNAMA continued …

AT News Report KABUL: The ongoing military operation by the Afghan security forces is in full swing in northern Takhar province, in which at least 28 Taliban insurgents have been killed so far, security official said Wednesday. In addition to that 18 more Taliban fighters received injures during operations. Col. …