AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A roadside bombing claimed the lives of six Afghan security forces nearby a railway project under construction to connect Afghanistan with neighboring Iran in the western province of Herat. Provincial Governor, Wahid Qatali said those who were killed had been guarding the site of the railway …
Read More »100-bed hospital inaugurated for Covid-19 patients in Kabul
Daily Covid-19: Cases 929, deaths 25 AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health on Sunday confirmed 929 cases of Covid-19 with 25 deaths amid the enforcement of lockdowns on schools and university in 16 of 34 provinces to prevent the further spread of the pandemic virus. The cases were …
Read More »Afghan negotiators to fly to Qatar in efforts to resume stalled peace talks
AT News KABUL: The Afghan negotiating team is to visit Doha within next two days to breach the deadlock in the stalled peace negotiations amid international forces withdrawal. A member of the Afghan negotiating team, Nader Nadery said that the negotiations between the two sides will be resumed. Nadery put …
Read More »Editorial: Peace, still a pipe-dream
The Afghan people are highly waiting for peace to return to the country, but could go horribly wrong if seen through a foreign set-up. History tells us that foreign-initiated peace plan or agreement that was somehow imposed on Afghanistan, failed to bring peace, rather it had left much more complexity …
Read More »Hekmatyar reveals new details of meeting with President Ghani
AT News KABUL: Leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said that he has reached agreements over some issues with President Ashraf Ghani. The agreements were made on at least eight subjects in a trilateral meeting with the presence of Former President Hamid Karzai, Hekmatyar told a press conference on Sunday. Hekmatyar …
Read More »Seven wedding guests killed in Kapisa mortar attack
AT News KABUL: Seven civilians were killed after a mortar fired by the Taliban hit a wedding party in Tagab districts of central Kapisa province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Shayeq Sorrosh said that the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Anarjoy village of Tagab district. The victims include children but no …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian casualties in Kapisa, Parwan
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned recent deadly attacks in Northern provinces of Kapisa and Parwan in which 11 civilians were killed and 19 were injured. Former President called on the Afghan warring parties to denounce continued war that is imposed by foreigners on the Afghan nation. …
Read More »Gunmen assassinate government official in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Unknown gunmen shot an official of the ministry of urban development and land dead in PD 5 of Kabul city, officials said on Sunday. Kabul Police’s spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz , the official was killed while he was on his way to the office. One person was wounded …
Read More »Taliban fighting Pakistan’s proxy war in Afghanistan: Mohib
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s security advisor said that the Taliban sans intention for peace and that the group has been prolonging the Pakistan’s “unannounced proxy war” in Afghanistan. He also said that the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada has not held any meeting with the group’s officials. “It has …
Read More »Ex-deputy minister sentenced to jail on corruption charges
AT News KABUL: Former Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Khatera Sadaat alongside five others were sentenced to four years and eight months in prison by the primary court on Sunday. Sadaat was accused of embezzlement and misuse of her authority in her tenure as deputy minister for urban development. Some …
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