AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan considered diplomatic relationship with Central Asian countries as significant and wanted to further ties with the regional countries, an official said on Saturday. Addressing the 8th Central Asian States Deputy Foreign Ministers Meeting, Zaman said his first official visit as Deputy Foreign Minister to Central Asia …

AT News Report-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani insisted in a meeting with representatives of multiple civil society organizations on Saturday that Afghan youth’s role in peace negotiations should be significant since the gains and losses will have long term consequences for them. The President said that the younger generation represent the …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least one hundred and ten militants belonging to Taliban extremist group were killed and37woundedinnationwide military crackdownsover past day, according to authorities. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of …

AT News Report-KabuL: Local authorities began Saturday a campaign to administer anti-polio and smallpox vaccines to children in eastern Nangarhar province, which is expected to continue for ten days. Nangarhar Provincial Health Directorate in a statement aid that it has started a ten days anti-polio and small pox vaccination campaign, …

AT News Report-KabuL: Ministry of Education will recruit 30,000 female teachers within five years to increase the presence of women in education sector. Running of this program is aimed to boost up access to education to deprived girls, reduce the drop in girls’ education and pave the way for women’s …

Quest for peace has been underway since years back when the Taliban insurgents remerged in more brutal way with intensification of attacking security forces, and military installations that besides security forces, civilian also sustained casualties. Though the Taliban have failed to gain their nefarious designs by use of violence and …

The former president believes a Washington-Moscow nexus on ‘the ailing reconciliation endeavor’ could establish the foundation of a peaceful Afghanistan as Moscow conference was a tremendous first stride; Touting the Moscow conference that brought Kabul and Taliban representatives together in one table, former president Hamid Karzai called on the United …

Certain circles in Pakistan are now bent upon to exploit alleged hurdles and delay in handing over dead body of slain police officer Tahir Khan Dawar at Torkham. Soon after getting the dead body from a tribal elders delegations headed by Member National Assembly Mohsin Dawar, Pakistan’s Deputy Interior Affairs …

AT-KABUL: The Kabul University was closed until an unknown date due to tensions among students, ministry of higher education said Friday. A number of students started clashes with each other over some political and ethnic issues on Thursday, in which several of them were killed and injured. The incident caused …

AT-KABUL: The government employees who travel to Logar or other south-eastern provinces, are dragged out of buses by Taliban fighters along the Kabul-Logar highway, passengers and local residents say. The witnesses have told Kabul News that the militants emerge on the road in the Mohammad Agha district of Logar provinces. …