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AT-KABUL: U.S. Ambassador John R. Bass and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah acknowledged the achievements of more than 1,500 women activists and 190 civil society organizations working to empower women across Afghanistan, honoring two years of accomplishments by beneficiaries of the USAID-funded Promote Musharikat program.  Promote is a partnership between the …

AT-KABUL: At least 16 border police personnel embraced martyrdom after their check points attacked by Taliban insurgents in northern Takhar province, official said Wednesday. “Taliban coordinately attacked Afghan border police check points in Yatem Tepa area of Chah Ab district at around 2:30 local time, martyring 16 police, wounding one …

AT-KABUL: The parliament’s general session was disrupted after some verbal and then physical tensions happened among the lawmakers. The tensions took place after lawmaker Abdul Latif Pedram, criticized the government for holding election in Ghazni province based on zones. He said that some “fascist circles” inside the presidential palace had …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the US airstrikes on the Waigal district of Nooristan province, saying that bombarding of our villages and homes under any name is the clear violation of the Afghan national sovereignty and territorial integrity. An airstrike on a suspected Taliban house in the eastern …

AT-KABUL: The members of the peace march movement sat down in front of the US embassy in Kabul on Wednesday after a three-day protest at the gate of the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Besmellah Watandost, the movement’s spokesperson said they would ask the American people through their embassy to …

By Ashraf Ghani-About half of Afghanistan’s population — around 33 million — is young enough to have never seen a day of peace. The milestones of their young lives have been marked by loss and violence. For 38 years now, peace in my country has remained a dream, a prayer …

Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council debate on the Situation in Afghanistan. Thank you Mr President, and thank you to our briefers, particularly may I pass on my thanks to Special Representative Yamamoto for updating the Council on the latest …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Uzbekistan intends to link Afghanistan to the unified energy ring of Central Asia, according to the board’s chairman of the state-owned Uzbekenergo, Ulugbek Mustafayev, Podrobno.uz reported. “To date, Uzbekenergo has been supplying electricity to Afghanistan as part of an agreement signed by the governments of the two …

AT-KABUL: Three fighters loyal to the Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist have been detained in Nazian district in eastern Nangarhar province, a security official said, adding one of them is Turkish citizen. “We have arrested three senior Daesh members including a Turkish citizen named Mohammad,” provincial police chief …

AT-KABUL: An airstrike on a suspected Taliban house in the eastern Nuristan province has caused casualties, including civilians, officials said Tuesday. Unfortunately, six civilians, including a children was killed in the airstrike carried out in Waygal district, Provincial Governor Spokesman, Mohammad Sayed Mohmand told Afghanistan Times. “An airstrike targeted a …