AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The effort to withdraw all United States forces from Afghanistan by September is up to 20 percent complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The command gave a completion range of between 13 percent to 20 percent, adding that five military facilities have been handed over to …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of agriculture and irrigation has estimated the products of watermelon to reach 79,000 tons this year in the eastern province of Nangarhar. A spokesman for the ministry, Akbar Rustami said that Nangarhar last year produced 73,000 tons watermelon yields. According to him, over 1,995 hectares of land …

AT News KABUL: A video went viral in the funeral of Mullah Abdul Mannan Neyazi, deputy leader of a Taliban offshoot group, was followed by different reactions. Neyazi was injured to head some two weeks ago in his birthplace of Herat province. He was reportedly flown to Kabul for treatment …

AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that if the Taliban insisted on violence and tried to impose a “dictatorial regime”, the decision would be made on the battlefield. In an interview with the PBS News Hour, Ghani said that if the Taliban wants peace, then it has to …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met jihadi leader, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, where they discussed the peace process and the ongoing situations in the country. This comes as efforts are underway to finalize the high council of government …

AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch expresses concerns over the conidtion of Afghan women, predicting their future as challenging. It says that Afghan women still don’t have access to their basic rights. Heather Barr, a senior human rights researcher and head of the Human Rights Watch in Asia, said …

AT News KABUL: At least 143 Taliban insurgents were killed and 66 others wounded during latest military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Tuesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted a series …

AT News KABUL: At least 143 Taliban insurgents were killed and 66 others wounded during latest military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Tuesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted a series …

Afghanistan believes all levers of influence should be used to induce Taliban to engage earnestly in peace and strengthening of Afghanistan-China strategic relations to fight against terrorism AT News KABUL: Top Chinese diplomat assured the Afghan authorities of all-out support and expressed readiness to facilitate internal negotiations among various parties …

AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation expressed its deepest concerns over the tensions rise in the northern province of Faryab after the government replaced former governor Naqibullah Faiq with Mohammad Daud Laghmani. Hundreds Faryabies staged rallies on the streets of provincial capital city of Maymana and blocked …