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AT News KABUL: Human Rights Watch has called on the Afghan government to free children detained for allegedly collaborating with insurgent groups in the country and to work with the United Nations and donor countries to bring them back into the community. Hundreds of Afghan children are being held on …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia is concerned over the latest developments in Afghanistan and the emergence of a new hotbed along the Tajik-Afghan borders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, according to TASS news agency.   “In general, of course, the development of the situation in Afghanistan as the …

Unrest has gripped Afghanistan, exacerbating civilian woes – with tens of thousands having been displaced. With armed forces ceding ground to the Taliban without demur and hostilities intensifying against backdrop of a security vacuum left by Americans, people have been mobilizing in droves against the advancing insurgents across the embattled …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations warns of more Taliban’s attacks once the US withdrawal is completed. Deborah Lyons, head of the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said Wednesday that Taliban are expected to launch “intensive military operations” after the United States exits, adding that the militants’ next step would …

AT NewsKABUL: As the war is intensifying across the country with Taliban fighters taking control of scores of districts, government officials express concerns over looting and damaging of historical relics and monuments. Mohammad Taher Zohair, acting information and culture minister, called on people to protect historical relics in their own …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has demanded the Taliban to take practical measures in protection of civilian lives. The UNAMA said that they had meeting with Taliban leaders this week in Doha where the UN concerns over “the great pains inflected on Afghan civilians” …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country had mistakenly backed one of the warring factions in the conflict in Afghanistan in 1990s – a thinly-veiled reference to Pakistan’s siding with the Taliban and recognition of their de facto government. “In the past, Pakistan made a …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs has said that Pakistan fears a developed and self-sufficient Afghanistan, accusing Islamabad of fueling proxy war in the country. Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan has said that Pakistan has always interfered in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and …

US-led forces are withdrawing with great glee after almost 20 years of counter-productive war against insurgency, with a ruling rationale that Afghanistan won’t become a safe haven for terrorists afterwards. But their departure – either whirlwind or snail-paced – will only spell disaster, casting Afghanistan back to the grip of …

An unbridled crescendo of territorial losses to the Taliban and a fractured peace is a brutal reality check of how frail our country is after decades of American military engagement – all hinting at peril of a full-blown civil war looming over Afghanistan. It is a folly to ignore the …