AT News Report KABUL: A political party claims that a peace plan announced lately by President Ashraf Ghani, was faulty and incomplete. The Peace and Development party leader Jawad Hosseini, said Friday that the plan creates parallel entities for peace strengthening and some parts of it are not practicable. Hosseini …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As part of his visit to Tashkent, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan held a meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the National Unity Government, Kazinform – a news agency has reported on Friday. “We attach importance to the strengthening and expansion of mutually profitable cooperation with …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it would welcome any steps that lead to electoral transparency, in a reference to investigations about the job of German biometric company of Dermalog that was responsible for presidential election’s biometrics. The commission officials said Friday that investigation should be …

AT News Report KABUL: Some 48 per cent of people in the rural areas do not have access to drinkable water, the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development says. The ministry said Friday that it was working hard to provide villagers with healthy drinkable water, while arguing that 52 per …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep condolences to the victims of a train burning fire accident in Pakistan. A train heading from Karachi to Rawalpindi caught fire, killing nearly 70 passengers. Karzai wished swift recovery for the wounded passengers and prosperity for the people of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri called on the Afghan government to gear up the efforts against terrorists’ activities on its soil, especially the potential moves by IS, which is also known as Daesh terrorists along joint borders, MNA reported Friday. “It seems that the IS …

KABUL: Human Rights Watch (HRW) says CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces have “committed summary executions and other grave abuses without accountability” — including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and attacks on health-care facilities. In its report, released on Thursday, HRW called on the Afghan government to immediately disband all pro-government paramilitary groups …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Days after the Islamic State’s (IS), also known as Dash extemrist group, leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his heir apparent were killed in a raid by US forces in northern Syria, the group broke its silence to confirm their deaths, announce a new leader and warn …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Civilian casualties dramatically rose in Afghanistan between July and September — marking the highest number of casualties in a quarter since twhey first started being documented in 2009, according to a new report. Citing the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 21 Taliban insurgents and 13 others were wounded in security operation in Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Friday. To suppress the insurgents in the district, the Afghan security forces had launched operation five days …