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Afghan cinemas to reopen after 1 year

AT News Kabul: Some Afghan cinemas have been reopened after a year of being closed. The cinemas are due to display 37 movies and documentaries. The actors in the movies are happy about the reopening of cinemas and they said they had to provide funds for the films to be …

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Political figures of the previous Afghan government: Where they are now

AT Kabul: The unprecedentedly swift return of the Taliban to power after 20 years resulted in the Afghan republic’s top leadership and politicians scrambling to leave the country or find a place in the new dispensation. Here is a tracker to monitor the latest actions and presence of those figures. …

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Senior Pakistani Taliban Commander Allegedly Killed in Afghanistan

AT Kabul: Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan. According to Pakistani media quoting Pakistani officials and militant sources. Omar Khalid Khorasani, Abdul Wali Mohmand, , The other two were identified as Hafiz Dawlat and Mufti Hassan were killed …

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Deadly explosions killed 120 people in Kabul: UN

AT KABUL: The United Nations has urged greater security for minorities following the Islamic State claimed blasts that killed and injured more than 120 people in Kabul recently. The United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) wrote on its Twitter: “Following the Islamic State-claimed blasts in Kabul in recent days that killed …

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Karzai marked 15th anniversary of King Muhammad Zaher shah

AT Kabul: Former president Hamed Karzai commemorated the 15th anniversary of king Muhammad Zaher Shah, the father of nation. He was a benefactor, a promoter of Afghanistan, his heart was full of Afghans national unity, and during the golden period of his reign, he has done valuable services for the …

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Karzai condemns killing of comedian by Taliban

AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the killing of a famous comedian, Nazar Mohammad Khasha, by the Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province earlier this week. The former president said his killing was against Islamic teachings, calling on warring parties to stop the war, which he said …

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Dilip Kumar will be remembered in Afghanistan as legend and unparalleled star

By Hafiz AhmadiKABUL: Dilip Kumar, the legendary and veteran Indian actor who has a great number of fans in Afghanistan passed away on Wednesday, July 07 due to illness at a Mumbai hospital.Kumar was born in a Muslim family of Pashtoon origin on December 11, 1922 in the Qissa Khwani …

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Ghani again mistaken Rudaki poem in Tajikistan

When President Ghani was the chairman of Kabul University back in 2006 – he read the same poem incorrectly. AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani during his speech at the national university of Tajikistan committed a verbal mistake once again by reading a poem by a famous Persian Poet Rudaki …

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Angelina Jolie gives shout-out to Afghan Film ‘Hava, Maryam, Ayesha’

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Angelina Jolie has given her support to female-led Afghan film “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” made by first-time director Sahraa Karimi. The pic, which has its world premiere Friday at the Venice Film Festival, chronicles the lives of, and the difficult choices facing, three Afghan women from different …

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